They actually did add wake up capability for switch 2 to their ultimate 2 bluetooth controllers about a week ago. They have an unlisted video on their youtube channel showing how to do it.
It's crazy to me how many people are hating on them, but haven't properly read the article. They aren't saying nintendo dlc will be a mistake years down the line. As stated by the article they are talking about the immediate future. Many people might not know this, but when mario kart 8 dropped on wii u, it got a bunch of dlc within its first year of release. They're talking about this model, not the model of releasing dlc years after like they did for mk8 deluxe on switch. If they priced Mario Kart World at 80 dollars, then decided to announce dlc that is scheduled to release in the coming year in the upcoming direct that would rile up a lot of fans. I don't why this opinion is any less valid just because they're ex-nintendo employees.
@Shambo Yeah, don't worry about it. I think you reasoned yourself well, so you shouldn't be worried about anyone competent misunderstanding your intentions.
@Shambo Tbh I didn't read the comments after me so I didn't know about the chat getting toxic. I think that while they might have better, more understandable reasons that they didn't voice, it's not unreasonable for me to object to the silly views that they did voice. Hopefully the comments don't get more ridiculous in the future, as it appears that things have escalated rapidly.
@Shambo People in the comments reasoning was definitely more for personal desires rather than the heroic goal of stopping overpopulation, so I think my comment stands lol.
@NintendoWife @fox_mattcloud @NintendoWife Doesn't devolver digital do physical releases with Super Rare Games instead of Limited Run? Also most of their successful games get cheaper wide releases anyways, so it might be worth it to wait a bit.
This week I haven't been gaming much (other than a little bit of Fortnite, but that's a given by now) because I've been caught up with some traveling. And not the fun traveling that you do on vacation; this was the boring and lengthy work-related travels. As a result I've started listening to audiobooks, specifically Robert Lois Stevenson's Treasure Island, narrated by Michael Page as part of Brilliance Audio's The Adventure Collection. I was surprised at how engaged I was with Jim Hawkins and the many dangerously exciting adventures he faced after leaving the Admiral Benbow. Much of the classic literature targeted towards children that I've read (looking at you The Wizard of Oz) have aged poorly, and are filled with shallow stories and one note characters, so listening to a story that has remained interesting in this day and age was refreshing.
Now I know some people may call me out for straying off the topic of gaming (understandably so, given the nature of this website) I'll try and loosely connect the topic back to video games. Later this year, two games about pirates, or at least two that I know of, will be releasing; Return to Monkey Island and Skull and Bones. There's only one of these titles that interests me (the former), so I've decided to listen to this book not because it's an exhilarating tale full of danger and daring, but because I am "doing my homework" for some video games that I may play sometime this decade (There! I hope that's a good enough excuse for the restless Nintendolifians reading this passage, if any of you even got this far). Overall it's a title I'd highly recommend, with a fantastic narration to boot. If in the unlikely event you run out if time for video games, I'd say you should give it a try.
This week I've taken a break from Fortnite, and have made more progress in Live Alive. It's a very fun game, and each chapter offers up a lot of variety so if I don't like the style of one I don't have to be stuck in it for long.
Other than that I've decided to pick up Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn books again. Fitting, since partway through the first book I discovered that the main character has appeared in Fortnite despite not having any tv show or movie appearances prior. Will my life forever be linked to Fortnite? I don't know. All I'm going to say is that for now I'm here for it.
Since, after much anticipation, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 has finally released this weekend, I've decided to be a master procrastinator and go off and start the game Live Alive. I've only just finished the Imperial China chapter, and I'm having a lot of fun with it. Despite the story being simple in some places, it's really well presented. The combination of voice acting (Japanese in my case) and Yoko Shimomura's remastered soundtrack really elevates the experience.
Also, in order to avoid so much getting overwhelmed by playing new games, I've been hopping on Fortnite to keep the nerves steady. Everytime I think the game might get stale, some new stuff is added that pulls me back. I've decided that I will no longer be ashamed of my addiction, and instead will wholeheartedly promote this game that has acted as my saviour.
As a big fan of blade runner, this is very disappointing. I hear that the pc port on gog is far better, so I might look into getting that to run on my crummy old laptop.
@Tamale I respect that. Being on a site who's fanbase is largely into single-player games makes it hard to find people who don't bash the title without trying it out.
I still haven't escaped from the prison that is Fortnite. Less than a month in since the season started and I've already unlocked the tier 100 Darth Vader skin, finally completing my transformation to the dark side. Now it's time to no life my way up to the tier 200 skins. May the force be with me 😔.
They're developing the One Piece jrpg that sort of looks like Dragon Quest right? That looks somewhat decent, although it's a licensed anime game so it's more likely to not hit the mark rather than hit the ball out of the park.
I was a bit sceptical about the art style after seeing stills earlier this year, but when this newest trailer came out, seeing it in motion made me love it. It's a given that this sort of art style won't be for everyone, and it's ok to give constructive criticism sometimes if said in a respectful manner, but the comments left on Ron Gilbert's personal blog had crossed the line way too much. A new game in their favourite series gets announced, and these people just attack and berate the creator in the most entitled way possible. I hope Ron gets to know that so many people are excited for this new release, and that shutting down everything is just letting the small group of haters win. Though with these sorts of things, mental health is most important of all, so he should do what's best for him.
I was thinking of picking up a more recent game like Mario Strikers, but then the Devil whispered softly into my ear: "Now why would you do that? You could just play Fortnite you know..."
Now I'm on tier 71 in the new season. If I had a wife and kids, they would've left me.
I don't think the reviewer realises how many people buying this collection have actually played these games before. Besides you'll never see anyone say that about the latest rerelease of a Mario or a Zelda game, despite the fact that they probably had a lot more people playing them based off of sales numbers and accessibility (playing them from the comfort of your couch.)
@HotGoomba Lol it's money that probably would've gone into a title that would just be sitting on the backlog anyways, unless you're one of those rare Nintendolifians that don't have a fat stack of games sitting on their desk, making them feel guilty.
@ModdedInkling Wasn't the PS Plus release the thing that skyrocketed awareness for the game in the first place? Not only did it become the most redeemed PS Plus game of all time, but it was also the number one streamed game upon release if my memory serves me right. I'd say without that boost there wouldn't be nearly as much people who heard about the game and were waiting for it to go free to play.
@Dragonslacker1 Tell Me I'm Worthless seems like an interesting book. I like reading dark stuff from time to time (the last one I read being Malice by Keigo Higashino, a book that was more crime than horror but still a little twisted) so this might appeal to me. If you find any more light-hearted books feel free to tell me.
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Re: Red Dead Redemption Has Been Rated For The Switch 2
If I get gyro aiming, I'll be happy.
Re: Review: 8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless Controller - Ultimate? No, But 'Decent' Doesn't Have The Same Ring
@OmegaX83 https://youtu.be/kLT-fUVxsBU
This shows you how to do it.
Re: Review: 8BitDo Ultimate 2 Bluetooth Controller - Ultimate? No, But 'Decent' Doesn't Have The Same Ring
They actually did add wake up capability for switch 2 to their ultimate 2 bluetooth controllers about a week ago. They have an unlisted video on their youtube channel showing how to do it.
Re: Team Cherry Provides One Last Silksong Update Before Launch
@Smithicus It's the first game's kickstarter.
Re: Hollow Knight: Silksong Finally Has A Release Date
@Max_the_German It's marketing tactics. They knew it would be better for them to make headlines when they can't be lost in a sea of announcements.
Re: Gulikit Unveils New Premium Controllers Compatible With Switch And Switch 2
On their twitter (or X) account they said TTX Max wil be $69.99 USD and the TTX Pro will be $49.99 USD.
Re: Another Code Director's Gorgeous Interactive Adventure Comes To Switch 2 Next Week
Surely this can make it to Switch 1.
Re: Dave The Diver Director Says "There's Nothing Indie" About Hit Game
@OldGamer999 I hope you buy the console you're after
Re: EA Worker Pay Continues To Dwindle As CEO Picks Up $5 Million Bonus, Thus Creating Amusingly Tall Financial Graph
An EA employee would have to work 261 years to match that, assuming EA doesn't reduce their salary further.
Re: Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Has Sold 10 Million Copies Since Launch
@GameName Is the next guy also a Nintendolife user?
Re: Nintendo Gives Us A Closer Look At Switch 2's "All-In-One" Carrying Case
I feel like bags like this make you a prime target to get robbed.
Re: Square Enix Is Teaming Up With Takeshi's Castle TV Network On A New Game IP
I absolutely Sasuke. Never felt the same when the challenge channel stopped airing reruns in favour of american ninja warrior.
Re: Mario Kart World "Paid DLC" Would Be A Big No-No, According To Ex-Nintendo Duo
It's crazy to me how many people are hating on them, but haven't properly read the article.
They aren't saying nintendo dlc will be a mistake years down the line. As stated by the article they are talking about the immediate future. Many people might not know this, but when mario kart 8 dropped on wii u, it got a bunch of dlc within its first year of release. They're talking about this model, not the model of releasing dlc years after like they did for mk8 deluxe on switch. If they priced Mario Kart World at 80 dollars, then decided to announce dlc that is scheduled to release in the coming year in the upcoming direct that would rile up a lot of fans. I don't why this opinion is any less valid just because they're ex-nintendo employees.
Re: Round Up: The First Impressions Of The Minecraft Movie Are In
These first impressions are always way too positive though. I don't think I've ever seen a negative first impression review yet.
Re: Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake New Story Segments Will Focus On Your Father
@nessisonett wtf
Re: Random: Wii U Owner's Son Stuffs A Bunch Of Switch Carts Into The Disc Drive
@Shambo Yeah, don't worry about it. I think you reasoned yourself well, so you shouldn't be worried about anyone competent misunderstanding your intentions.
Re: Random: Wii U Owner's Son Stuffs A Bunch Of Switch Carts Into The Disc Drive
@Shambo Tbh I didn't read the comments after me so I didn't know about the chat getting toxic. I think that while they might have better, more understandable reasons that they didn't voice, it's not unreasonable for me to object to the silly views that they did voice. Hopefully the comments don't get more ridiculous in the future, as it appears that things have escalated rapidly.
Re: Random: Wii U Owner's Son Stuffs A Bunch Of Switch Carts Into The Disc Drive
@Soylentcuck Damn, no wonder it was said the Mayans predicted the future.
Re: Random: Wii U Owner's Son Stuffs A Bunch Of Switch Carts Into The Disc Drive
@Shambo People in the comments reasoning was definitely more for personal desires rather than the heroic goal of stopping overpopulation, so I think my comment stands lol.
Re: Random: Wii U Owner's Son Stuffs A Bunch Of Switch Carts Into The Disc Drive
Looking forward to having kids. Things like this might be annoying, but luckily I value the love from a person more than I care about entertainment.
Re: Return To Monkey Island Gets A Release Date And A Horse Armour Pre-Order Bonus
@NintendoWife @fox_mattcloud @NintendoWife Doesn't devolver digital do physical releases with Super Rare Games instead of Limited Run? Also most of their successful games get cheaper wide releases anyways, so it might be worth it to wait a bit.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 20th)
This week I haven't been gaming much (other than a little bit of Fortnite, but that's a given by now) because I've been caught up with some traveling. And not the fun traveling that you do on vacation; this was the boring and lengthy work-related travels. As a result I've started listening to audiobooks, specifically Robert Lois Stevenson's Treasure Island, narrated by Michael Page as part of Brilliance Audio's The Adventure Collection. I was surprised at how engaged I was with Jim Hawkins and the many dangerously exciting adventures he faced after leaving the Admiral Benbow. Much of the classic literature targeted towards children that I've read (looking at you The Wizard of Oz) have aged poorly, and are filled with shallow stories and one note characters, so listening to a story that has remained interesting in this day and age was refreshing.
Now I know some people may call me out for straying off the topic of gaming (understandably so, given the nature of this website) I'll try and loosely connect the topic back to video games. Later this year, two games about pirates, or at least two that I know of, will be releasing; Return to Monkey Island and Skull and Bones. There's only one of these titles that interests me (the former), so I've decided to listen to this book not because it's an exhilarating tale full of danger and daring, but because I am "doing my homework" for some video games that I may play sometime this decade (There! I hope that's a good enough excuse for the restless Nintendolifians reading this passage, if any of you even got this far). Overall it's a title I'd highly recommend, with a fantastic narration to boot. If in the unlikely event you run out if time for video games, I'd say you should give it a try.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 13th)
@garfreek You should. It's a good game by yourself, but it's even better with friends. I'd strongly recommend it.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 13th)
This week I've taken a break from Fortnite, and have made more progress in Live Alive. It's a very fun game, and each chapter offers up a lot of variety so if I don't like the style of one I don't have to be stuck in it for long.
Other than that I've decided to pick up Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn books again. Fitting, since partway through the first book I discovered that the main character has appeared in Fortnite despite not having any tv show or movie appearances prior. Will my life forever be linked to Fortnite? I don't know. All I'm going to say is that for now I'm here for it.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 30th)
Since, after much anticipation, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 has finally released this weekend, I've decided to be a master procrastinator and go off and start the game Live Alive. I've only just finished the Imperial China chapter, and I'm having a lot of fun with it. Despite the story being simple in some places, it's really well presented. The combination of voice acting (Japanese in my case) and Yoko Shimomura's remastered soundtrack really elevates the experience.
Also, in order to avoid so much getting overwhelmed by playing new games, I've been hopping on Fortnite to keep the nerves steady. Everytime I think the game might get stale, some new stuff is added that pulls me back. I've decided that I will no longer be ashamed of my addiction, and instead will wholeheartedly promote this game that has acted as my saviour.
Re: Poll: So, How Do You Pronounce 'Live A Live'?
I follow whatever the great Mr. Nintendo Direct Voiceover Guy has chosen for me.
Re: Talking Point: Would You Mind If Nintendo Retired The 'Big' Nintendo Direct Format?
Everytime I see Nintendo drop a trailer for a game on twitter my heart breaks a little.
Re: Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3 Confirmed For Launch This Fall
@rjejr My existence has on this site has finally been validated haha.
Re: Respawn Working On Single-Player FPS Set In Apex Legends Universe
It's a bit strange that what used to be called the Titanfall universe is now called the Apex universe.
Re: Whoops, Looks Like Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3 Has Been Leaked
At this rate Nickelodeon Kart Racers 9 will release before Mario Kart 9.
Re: Review: Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition - A Cyberpunk Classic, Compromised On Switch
As a big fan of blade runner, this is very disappointing. I hear that the pc port on gog is far better, so I might look into getting that to run on my crummy old laptop.
Re: Rumour: Planned Remasters For GTA IV And Red Dead Redemption Have Apparently Been Scrapped
Wish they would at least do a basic port to modern consoles, but I guess they can choose which way they spend their money.
Re: Review: Cuphead - The Delicious Last Course - Short, Sweet, And Utterly Essential
The run and gun levels were my least favourite part of the original game, so that would be a positive for me.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 2nd)
@Tamale I respect that. Being on a site who's fanbase is largely into single-player games makes it hard to find people who don't bash the title without trying it out.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 2nd)
@Gryffin I'm fairly certain there is, but too much blood, sweat and tears have gone into mine that I'd feel awful if I gave it away.
Re: Mini Review: ElecHead - Smart, Surprisingly Deep, And Very Satisfying
Didn't know this was already out. Definitely an indie game that captured my interest.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 2nd)
I still haven't escaped from the prison that is Fortnite. Less than a month in since the season started and I've already unlocked the tier 100 Darth Vader skin, finally completing my transformation to the dark side. Now it's time to no life my way up to the tier 200 skins. May the force be with me 😔.
Re: Bandai Namco Forms New Studio With Pokémon Developer ILCA
They're developing the One Piece jrpg that sort of looks like Dragon Quest right? That looks somewhat decent, although it's a licensed anime game so it's more likely to not hit the mark rather than hit the ball out of the park.
Re: Monkey Island's Creator Seemingly Shuts Down Blog After Personal Attacks
@Pigeon All the new Pokemon games look way less appealing than this though.
Re: Monkey Island's Creator Seemingly Shuts Down Blog After Personal Attacks
I was a bit sceptical about the art style after seeing stills earlier this year, but when this newest trailer came out, seeing it in motion made me love it. It's a given that this sort of art style won't be for everyone, and it's ok to give constructive criticism sometimes if said in a respectful manner, but the comments left on Ron Gilbert's personal blog had crossed the line way too much. A new game in their favourite series gets announced, and these people just attack and berate the creator in the most entitled way possible. I hope Ron gets to know that so many people are excited for this new release, and that shutting down everything is just letting the small group of haters win. Though with these sorts of things, mental health is most important of all, so he should do what's best for him.
Re: Footage Of Cancelled 'Epic Mickey' Spin-Off Starring Donald Duck Discovered
I'm heartbroken that my boy never saw the light of day.
Re: Return To Monkey Island Launching First For Consoles On Switch
This is definitely one of my most anticipated games of the year. I wasn't too hot on the art style at first, but it's starting to grow on me now.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (June 25th)
I was thinking of picking up a more recent game like Mario Strikers, but then the Devil whispered softly into my ear: "Now why would you do that? You could just play Fortnite you know..."
Now I'm on tier 71 in the new season. If I had a wife and kids, they would've left me.
Re: Review: Fall Guys - The World’s Most Chaotic Game Show Lands On Switch, Now F2P
@ModdedInkling Wasn't that Among Us? Fall Guys was only popular for about two weeks before it, excuse the pun, fell.
Re: Review: Capcom Fighting Collection - An Essential Buy For One-On-One Fighting Fans
I don't think the reviewer realises how many people buying this collection have actually played these games before. Besides you'll never see anyone say that about the latest rerelease of a Mario or a Zelda game, despite the fact that they probably had a lot more people playing them based off of sales numbers and accessibility (playing them from the comfort of your couch.)
Re: Fall Guys Is Now Live And Playable On Switch
@HotGoomba Lol it's money that probably would've gone into a title that would just be sitting on the backlog anyways, unless you're one of those rare Nintendolifians that don't have a fat stack of games sitting on their desk, making them feel guilty.
Re: Scrap Riders Is A Beat-Em-Up That Channels Streets Of Rage And TMNT
Boy does that protagonist have poor walking posture.
Re: Tetsuya Nomura Reveals He Was "Picky" About Sora In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
@Znake Minecraft Steve is way cooler than James Bond though 😎
Re: Review: Fall Guys - The World’s Most Chaotic Game Show Lands On Switch, Now F2P
@ModdedInkling Wasn't the PS Plus release the thing that skyrocketed awareness for the game in the first place? Not only did it become the most redeemed PS Plus game of all time, but it was also the number one streamed game upon release if my memory serves me right. I'd say without that boost there wouldn't be nearly as much people who heard about the game and were waiting for it to go free to play.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (June 18th)
@Dragonslacker1 Tell Me I'm Worthless seems like an interesting book. I like reading dark stuff from time to time (the last one I read being Malice by Keigo Higashino, a book that was more crime than horror but still a little twisted) so this might appeal to me. If you find any more light-hearted books feel free to tell me.