@SuperWeird you’re entitled to your opinion but it’s kind of unanimous that the most disappointing thing about dread was the music and the best thing about 4… was the music
IMO the biggest flaws of the game can be patched out. Increase the overall bike speed, lower the collection of crystal requirement and/pr add one more (specific) upgrade. add fast travel points between locations once you’ve completed the area, add mini games both on bike and off bike throughout the desert to help it from being so barren. Hell even spread out more lore statues.
Edit* forgot to say increase the hot box radius of the crystals. There’s been so many times I’d drive through them and have tiny speckles left behind that I had to turn around and crash into
Also, this one won’t happen but ffs stop with the ammo outside of missiles and power bombs.
@squiddu-real I can’t help but feel like you’re missing the point. There’s no invalidation about how you feel- there’s just nothing we can Do at this point in development and there’s still so much of the game we don’t know of. I’m Not sure how this turned into something personal but it’s not meant to be. It almost sounds like we’re in agreement with your last sentence
@squiddu-real playing devils advocate on the internet is like trying to start a fist fight with sneakers on ice. Right, wrong, whatever isn’t really behind my sentiment but more of “it’s going to lead nowhere”
There was a time, recently when silent hill 2 remake was in early development and people were speaking out for change from changing some of the characters to more accurately depict their role in the original story. This was great!
But we’re just learning about this uh, unwelcome feature weeks before release. They’re not going to make any alterations given the launch window and how integral the characters are in the narrative.
We still know so little about what is going to be in this, and that was why I felt compelled to comment. I don’t like companions. Don’t want them in Metroid. Like ever unless it was a scenario with the baby Metroid as a non talking npc. I’m still going to try to play this game and enjoy whatever I can since it has a lot of positives from the trailers. Metroid fusion and prime 3 had lots of dialogue and interactivity of random characters and it was fine
People complaining about people complaining is as hypocritical as me complaining about people complaining about people who complain.
It’s an opinion article. It’s okay not to like something especially if there’s a good reason. Your unrealistic expectation is thinking you’re going to get the entire internet to agree with you. I don’t like the companion, I’m still going to play the game and heaven forbid turn the voice acting off.
Maybe if there’s a bike involved it’ll mean there are side dungeons and a way larger scope game than previous entries. Like it’s not all bad to be bad for the sake of being bad. Let’s complain after we get the game.
They will let you pilot a ghost pirate cucumber before letting you fly samus’ ship lol.
I don’t know how I feel about the open world travel thing but hopefully it at least means we’re in for a large game. Bike combat and platform challenges are also welcome.
Side note wouldn’t be surprised if we see this bike in mk world in the future
I know that the switch 2 is not a ps5 but as a personal annoyance I’m really bothered by games that don’t run at 60 or at least try to. Another reason not to buy this. Metroid prime 4 can’t some soon enough
We’re getting a new Metroid soon and a new smash at some point. Nintendo literally has us by the balls on some franchises lol. Even if a game (which is rare) is sub par, we’re always hyped for the next one. Hello pokemon
Something that bothers me that I haven’t seen anyone mention is the lack of any capture settings. Why is it locked to 30 fps and 30 seconds? We still can’t stream directly to platforms either where even the ps4 could perform the task.
The console is great spec wise, I’m more annoyed with the company being over a decade behind social features since the Wii U.
Bring back miiverse, let me stream to YouTube while docked.
I had a chance to try it out and the game is way more enjoyable now. I may pick up the dlc as a result… since there isn’t much other new stuff to play sans Mario kart
Biggest pluses for me are knockout tour and the soundtrack.
I don’t like that if I get pushed into an oncoming vehicle it starts literally pushing me backward until I moved out of the way. Thats a serious annoyance in knockout tour.
The jump mechanic is kind of iffy. Might be a hot take but I’d like the time to ready a jump to be a little less than it is now.
Most of the tracks are actually bangers- wario shipyard being my favorite from mk 7.
I would have liked the item pool to also be more diverse as getting hit by anything is extremely punishing (feels more than mk8d)
Online worked great so far. Have not used game chat and probably won’t as I don’t want to be constantly recorded.
The soundtrack is so pleasant. I was really hesitant when I heard the trailer music as I’m not about that roadhouse bad to the bone style. That being said I was really surprised to hear they at least had one liquid dnb tune on the roster and the remixes are awesome to listen to.
I do NOT think this game is worth 80 dollars and I don’t know if I like it better than 8d. The open world doesn’t have enough interesting things about it imo and is a missed opportunity to incorporate battle mechanics, bosses, etc.
@N00BiSH I’m not even going to front if Dave wise is doing the next 2d donkey Kong I’ll shut up.
I don’t know if I agree though, even country’s first game had a very grim demeanor to it that rode that line of being goofy af to taking the ice caps and mine cart rides hella serious.
Dk64 kind of put that in the grave and was only brought back a bit with tropical freeze.
I know it sounds so stupid, because these are kids games but they used to pull this vibe I’m talking about off so well with the music and visual aesthetic.
Can tell I’m in the minority here but I’m not a fan of dk’s new design.
It hints at the tone Nintendo is setting for dk and I can’t help but desire the darker vibe we got from dkc2.
Slightly tangential but something that actually halted my playthrough of Mario n Luigi brother ship was how happy every single song was. I felt like it was Disney game with zero sense of urgency or high stakes.
A few articles back I exclaimed my skepticism regarding the trailer resembling more of a go kart for Mario kart 9 hype rather than mouse mode but it’s looking like I was wrong and I’m okay with that!
Most recent games since sun n moon have reworks of older pokemon,
Personally what I’d like is the entire dex with side quest storylines for most if not all of the legendary creatures. Make them matter. I’m also personally tired of the latest games having like, zero conflict in their games. Even the serious fights are all happy go lucky with the children ensemble at battle turning points.
The older games themes were hella dramatic. Like even the main battle music from blue and red was like oh snap this rattata is a threat
A third game is just rebuying the first game with a bit of dlc.
What I want instead is some love put into the game where they have more stuff to do post game like black 2 and white 2. I love pokemon but they have really lost what made pokemon so special lately.
I’ll exclude arceus as I haven’t played and I plan on it at some point
A balance update would be nice- kind of like how they finally started working on balance patches for mk8 to some degree… even if it didn’t fix the problem exactly
I put 80 hours into it and I’m at that last stretch where I need to do all the shrines before I go beat Ganondorf and then I just fell out of it. I just wish that there were significant rewards for all the cool stuff we got to see through our adventure. breakable weapons are always a disappointment for me.
there is a lot to collect, just all seems superficial
you think they’ll actually let us have some kind of online interaction and chat in game via the system instead of only in a lobby on a phone app that no one uses?…
just get on discord they said. then xbox actually integrated discord into their online social platform.
I’m all about protecting kids, but I don’t think you’re protecting anyone at this point and technological age. you’re just making your long time customers annoyed.
@Lizuka perhaps an easy alternative although they’d never do this is to have a “classic” filter where it’s just a pixelated clay looking overlay. I wouldn’t be surprised if we did see the original pop up on the SNES channel at some point though
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Re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update 3.0.0 Patch Notes - Switch 2 And Switch New Content, Features And More
No 60fps for no reason is wild
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 System Update 21.2.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Speaking of brothership they reallllly need to release a switch 2 update. Game is choppier than the bistro butcher
Re: Nintendo Suggests Metroid Prime 4's Tortured Development Meant It Was "Divorced From The Changing Of Times"
@SuperWeird you’re entitled to your opinion but it’s kind of unanimous that the most disappointing thing about dread was the music and the best thing about 4… was the music
Re: Nintendo Suggests Metroid Prime 4's Tortured Development Meant It Was "Divorced From The Changing Of Times"
IMO the biggest flaws of the game can be patched out. Increase the overall bike speed, lower the collection of crystal requirement and/pr add one more (specific) upgrade. add fast travel points between locations once you’ve completed the area, add mini games both on bike and off bike throughout the desert to help it from being so barren. Hell even spread out more lore statues.
Edit* forgot to say increase the hot box radius of the crystals. There’s been so many times I’d drive through them and have tiny speckles left behind that I had to turn around and crash into
Also, this one won’t happen but ffs stop with the ammo outside of missiles and power bombs.
Re: Reminder: It's Time To Rate Your Switch 1 & 2 Games Of The Year
Silksong. No contest
Re: Activision Shares Update On The Future Of The Call Of Duty Series
They say this every year. EVERY YEAR
Re: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Has Been Updated To Ver. 1.1.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
One major change I think they need to do is rebalance the crystals needed to complete the memory fruit. Love the game but this grind is problematic
Re: Site News: Want To Join Nintendo Life As A Video Producer? We're Hiring
If you all need music or sound design I’m your man, but I cannot stand editing on my own channel anymore lol. Hope you all find a good fit!
Re: Preview: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Is Great, But I Want To Kill One Of Its Characters
@squiddu-real I can’t help but feel like you’re missing the point. There’s no invalidation about how you feel- there’s just nothing we can Do at this point in development and there’s still so much of the game we don’t know of. I’m Not sure how this turned into something personal but it’s not meant to be. It almost sounds like we’re in agreement with your last sentence
Re: Preview: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Is Great, But I Want To Kill One Of Its Characters
@squiddu-real playing devils advocate on the internet is like trying to start a fist fight with sneakers on ice. Right, wrong, whatever isn’t really behind my sentiment but more of “it’s going to lead nowhere”
There was a time, recently when silent hill 2 remake was in early development and people were speaking out for change from changing some of the characters to more accurately depict their role in the original story. This was great!
But we’re just learning about this uh, unwelcome feature weeks before release. They’re not going to make any alterations given the launch window and how integral the characters are in the narrative.
We still know so little about what is going to be in this, and that was why I felt compelled to comment. I don’t like companions. Don’t want them in Metroid. Like ever unless it was a scenario with the baby Metroid as a non talking npc. I’m still going to try to play this game and enjoy whatever I can since it has a lot of positives from the trailers. Metroid fusion and prime 3 had lots of dialogue and interactivity of random characters and it was fine
Re: Preview: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Is Great, But I Want To Kill One Of Its Characters
People complaining about people complaining is as hypocritical as me complaining about people complaining about people who complain.
It’s an opinion article. It’s okay not to like something especially if there’s a good reason. Your unrealistic expectation is thinking you’re going to get the entire internet to agree with you. I don’t like the companion, I’m still going to play the game and heaven forbid turn the voice acting off.
Maybe if there’s a bike involved it’ll mean there are side dungeons and a way larger scope game than previous entries. Like it’s not all bad to be bad for the sake of being bad. Let’s complain after we get the game.
Re: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Officially Reveals Mega Man Season Pass Collab
Someone’s probably already said it but with Nintendo being reluctant to make a smash style kart racer, I think SEGA is like 👀 don’t mind if I doooo
Re: Borderlands 4 Goes Down Well With Critics As Gearbox Acknowledges FOV Issue
Weren’t we supposed to boycott this? What happened to do the data issue?
Re: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Finally Gets A Release Date, Open World Confirmed
They will let you pilot a ghost pirate cucumber before letting you fly samus’ ship lol.
I don’t know how I feel about the open world travel thing but hopefully it at least means we’re in for a large game. Bike combat and platform challenges are also welcome.
Side note wouldn’t be surprised if we see this bike in mk world in the future
Re: Hollow Knight: Silksong's Price Has Been Officially Announced
Probably going to buy it twice- one on steam and one on switch since the price is so reasonable. Big W Team Cherry
Re: Borderlands 4 On Switch 2 Will "Mostly" Run At 30fps
I know that the switch 2 is not a ps5 but as a personal annoyance I’m really bothered by games that don’t run at 60 or at least try to. Another reason not to buy this. Metroid prime 4 can’t some soon enough
Re: Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition Release Date Could Be Revealed Soon, As Switch 2 Rating Spotted
Please run better than than 30 fps fingers crossed****
Re: Nintendo Reminds Mario Kart Players They Can Toggle Auto And Smart Controls
@KaiserGX every time we boot the game up we have to turn the settings off.
Re: Mario Kart World Has Been Updated To Version 1.1.1, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@SplatRay001 it reminds me of splatoon where you couldn’t pick what mode you wanted to play because they “know” what we want
Re: Nintendo Reminds Mario Kart Players They Can Toggle Auto And Smart Controls
Why do I have to turn it off every time I boot the game up. That’s the dumbest oversight that’s now in two games going over a decade long
Re: As Switch 2 Breaks Records Worldwide, Sony Reminds Us That PS5 Still Exists
We’re getting a new Metroid soon and a new smash at some point. Nintendo literally has us by the balls on some franchises lol. Even if a game (which is rare) is sub par, we’re always hyped for the next one. Hello pokemon
Re: Classic Atari 2600 Title 'Adventure' Is Being Revived As A Metroidvania
Anyone else get major blasphemous “inspiration” from this?
Re: Hardware Review (In Progress): Nintendo Switch 2 - A Faster, Slicker, Sexier Switch
Something that bothers me that I haven’t seen anyone mention is the lack of any capture settings. Why is it locked to 30 fps and 30 seconds? We still can’t stream directly to platforms either where even the ps4 could perform the task.
The console is great spec wise, I’m more annoyed with the company being over a decade behind social features since the Wii U.
Bring back miiverse, let me stream to YouTube while docked.
Re: Street Fighter 6's Season 3 DLC Characters Have Been Officially Revealed
Ehh underwhelming tbh.
Re: Video: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Side-By-Side Gameplay Comparison (Switch & Switch 2)
I had a chance to try it out and the game is way more enjoyable now. I may pick up the dlc as a result… since there isn’t much other new stuff to play sans Mario kart
Re: Review In Progress: Mario Kart World (Switch 2) - The Perfect Introduction To A New Console Generation?
Biggest pluses for me are knockout tour and the soundtrack.
I don’t like that if I get pushed into an oncoming vehicle it starts literally pushing me backward until I moved out of the way. Thats a serious annoyance in knockout tour.
The jump mechanic is kind of iffy. Might be a hot take but I’d like the time to ready a jump to be a little less than it is now.
Most of the tracks are actually bangers- wario shipyard being my favorite from mk 7.
I would have liked the item pool to also be more diverse as getting hit by anything is extremely punishing (feels more than mk8d)
Online worked great so far. Have not used game chat and probably won’t as I don’t want to be constantly recorded.
The soundtrack is so pleasant. I was really hesitant when I heard the trailer music as I’m not about that roadhouse bad to the bone style. That being said I was really surprised to hear they at least had one liquid dnb tune on the roster and the remixes are awesome to listen to.
I do NOT think this game is worth 80 dollars and I don’t know if I like it better than 8d. The open world doesn’t have enough interesting things about it imo and is a missed opportunity to incorporate battle mechanics, bosses, etc.
Re: PSA: Switch 2 Updates For Multiple First-Party Switch Games Are Now Available
Smash update when?
Re: Nintendo Shares More Artwork Of Diddy Kong's Brand New Design
@N00BiSH I’m not even going to front if Dave wise is doing the next 2d donkey Kong I’ll shut up.
I don’t know if I agree though, even country’s first game had a very grim demeanor to it that rode that line of being goofy af to taking the ice caps and mine cart rides hella serious.
Dk64 kind of put that in the grave and was only brought back a bit with tropical freeze.
I know it sounds so stupid, because these are kids games but they used to pull this vibe I’m talking about off so well with the music and visual aesthetic.
Just my opinions.
Re: Nintendo Shares More Artwork Of Diddy Kong's Brand New Design
Can tell I’m in the minority here but I’m not a fan of dk’s new design.
It hints at the tone Nintendo is setting for dk and I can’t help but desire the darker vibe we got from dkc2.
Slightly tangential but something that actually halted my playthrough of Mario n Luigi brother ship was how happy every single song was. I felt like it was Disney game with zero sense of urgency or high stakes.
Re: Zelda Wind Waker Switch 2 GameCube Release Doesn't Rule Out HD Port
I feel like if they would annouce an he port they would’ve advertised it before the GameCube nso reveal
Re: Poll: What's The Best Xenoblade Game? Rate Your Favourite For Our Upcoming Ranking
I haven’t played 3 yet. But 2 is by far my favorite of the others I’ve played
Re: New Nintendo Patent Seems To Confirm Mouse Functionality For Switch 2
A few articles back I exclaimed my skepticism regarding the trailer resembling more of a go kart for Mario kart 9 hype rather than mouse mode but it’s looking like I was wrong and I’m okay with that!
Re: Talking Point: What Do We Actually Want From 'Mario Kart 9'?
Am I the only one who thinks the joycons were driving like go karts instead of a mouse feature?
Logically why would drag your joycons on the table like a mouse when you can just use the pointer…
Has that feature been confirmed?
Re: Poll: With 'Switch 2' Rumours Swirling, Will There Be A September Direct This Year?
They just announced their holiday bundle… I don’t think so honestly
Re: Soapbox: The Next Pokémon Game Should Rework Old Critters, Not Just Add Dozens More
Most recent games since sun n moon have reworks of older pokemon,
Personally what I’d like is the entire dex with side quest storylines for most if not all of the legendary creatures. Make them matter. I’m also personally tired of the latest games having like, zero conflict in their games. Even the serious fights are all happy go lucky with the children ensemble at battle turning points.
The older games themes were hella dramatic. Like even the main battle music from blue and red was like oh snap this rattata is a threat
Re: Reaction: Shadow Drops & Surprises - A Stuffed Direct With Something For Everyone
I have all three castlevania games on original ds but it would be sick to not have to use my stylus for those damn seals.
Re: New Sonic X Shadow Generations Trailer Showcases Shadow's Doom Powers
Hey @nintendolife, in America on iOS your site keeps reloading, I’ve lost my comment several times now. Pls fix.
Relative to topic, happy to see shadow, not excited about 3 auto scrollers with surfing flying and the morph thingy.
Would prefer to play similar to sonic but maybe with a few interactive gimmicks instead of scripted sections.
Generations Esq Sonic is pretty peak for 3d era though. Looking forward to seeing what all is included in the revamp
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Looks more like HLD or tunic but that’s not a bad thing! May give it a go
Re: Video: What Order Should You Play Kingdom Hearts?
What about birth by sleep?
Re: Soapbox: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Won't Be The Franchise's 'BOTW Moment', And That's Okay
To be clear, Metroid prime was Zelda’s “ocarina of time,” not breath of the wild.
That being said, I’m totally fine with them staying true to what makes the prime games what they were.
Did you really expect the graphics to be jaw dropping on a 10 year old game?
Can we just be happy we’re finally getting it? Metroid games come out like… every 5-10 years if we’re lucky.
Re: Talking Point: Should 'Third' Pokémon Games Make A Comeback?
A third game is just rebuying the first game with a bit of dlc.
What I want instead is some love put into the game where they have more stuff to do post game like black 2 and white 2. I love pokemon but they have really lost what made pokemon so special lately.
I’ll exclude arceus as I haven’t played and I plan on it at some point
Re: Dead Cells Will Receive No New Content After Next Update, Confirms Devs
Took me five years to learn the game and beat boss cell 5. It was a hell of a journey
Re: "Capcom And SNK" Inspired Arcade Fighter Blazing Strike Locks In Summer 2024 Switch Release
Art direction and music are cool but it looks super choppy, and the super power up is like 2 seconds. Breaks the pace
Re: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's New Spirits Have Been Revealed, Out This Week
A balance update would be nice- kind of like how they finally started working on balance patches for mk8 to some degree… even if it didn’t fix the problem exactly
Re: Cult Of The Lamb Announces Sins Of The Flesh, Its "Next Free Major Content Update"
The world was likely way more satanic during the crusades than our time… and guess who was running that show :x
Re: 'Blade Chimera' Combines Stunning Pixel Art With Stylish Metroidvania Action
tell me this is record of lodoss 2 without telling me its record of lodoss2. not upset over it either haha
Re: Soapbox: Six Months Later, Tears Of The Kingdom's Sense Of Wonder Is Still Unmatched
I put 80 hours into it and I’m at that last stretch where I need to do all the shrines before I go beat Ganondorf and then I just fell out of it. I just wish that there were significant rewards for all the cool stuff we got to see through our adventure. breakable weapons are always a disappointment for me.
there is a lot to collect, just all seems superficial
Re: Nintendo's 330M+ User Accounts Will Be Foundation Of "Lasting Relationship With Consumers"
you think they’ll actually let us have some kind of online interaction and chat in game via the system instead of only in a lobby on a phone app that no one uses?…
just get on discord they said. then xbox actually integrated discord into their online social platform.
I’m all about protecting kids, but I don’t think you’re protecting anyone at this point and technological age. you’re just making your long time customers annoyed.
Re: Round Up: The Previews Are In For Super Mario RPG (Switch)
@Lizuka perhaps an easy alternative although they’d never do this is to have a “classic” filter where it’s just a pixelated clay looking overlay. I wouldn’t be surprised if we did see the original pop up on the SNES channel at some point though
Re: Konami Calls On Snake's OG Voice Actor To Promote New Metal Gear Solid Legacy Video Series
@WhiteUmbrella Konami already stated they’re just going to use the same recordings. I’m no expert on the matter, just providing the info