@Artonide @Tempestryke It’d only be fun with 24 if we have higher engine ranks. Else it will take too long to overtake the crowd and the tracks would naturally have to be longer too.
@gabrigoes have you tried clearing your browser’s data / cookies cache
@BigRadical That’s only if you’re already in the higher ranks of the race; if you’re in first place you mostly get coins and banana peels (rarely Green Shells and the Horn Blaster)
@Jack_Goetz Oh man— Luigi’s fatalities would be brutal: staring one down until fear overtakes his enemy and they seppuku to end the madness
1) (Ys III) Oath in Felghana (PC) 2) Ys VIII Lacrimosa of Dana (PS5) 3) (Ys IV) Memories of Celceta (PSP) 4) Ys X Nordics (Switch) 5) Ys VI Ark of Napishtim (PS2) 6) Ys 7 (PSP) 7) Ys IX Monstrum Nox (PS5) 8) Ys IV Dawn of Ys (Super Nintendo) 9) Ys 1&2 Chronicles (PSP) 10) Ys III Wanderers from Ys (Sega Genesis / MegaDrive)
@jfp It’s absolutely nuts that we will soon have a handheld gaming device on par with Xbox Series S (reportedly). I grew up with the Gameboy too and it’s just… madlad levels of insanity what we can have now.
@Porco Most people? You speak for yourself. I detach the joycon all the time. It’s much easier to play that way when I want to rest my wrists. It’s reminiscent of the Wii+nunchuck controller. It also allows for spontaneous multiplayer sessions, when out and about.
@Waveboy It looks like a crisper overall image and with higher detail on the characters. But yeah Mario Kart 8 was already (still is) a gorgeous game. The DLC tracks didn’t live up to that standard though
@UltimateOtaku91 Yeah I think they were checking out if they had grounds to sue 🤣. But then they were just like, “well, watch your back”, when they found out they hadn’t signed an NDA
@StewdaMegaManNerd Lol it’s like the battle music in Zelda Twilight Princess started overtaking the Hyrule Field theme— which I hated because it would block the glorious crescendo of that song when riding Epona
@obijuankanoobie Update#2 is definitely nixed now because there is no way they didn’t sign an NDA and still “had their hands” on the finalized product. So that’s a false statement they made.
@yohn777 They don’t need to release a separate Switch 2 version because the Switch 2 can play it anyway. That said, it probably will say somewhere on the box art that it can “be enhanced further when played on Switch 2”. But it’s probably just higher framerate and cleaner peak resolution. I don’t think they will have two different MP4 skus— that would be confusing
@Tasuki It’s not misleading because Notch no longer has ownership of the “Minecraft” brand; so he can’t create a game even remotely similar to it with those same block names and assets and creatures. Anything he creates cannot be a sequel to Minecraft.
He is probably going to make something very different.
@Dev1024 I bet it will be both Mario and Mariokart; if they want the same kinda momentum they had in 2017. I also think there will be a Zelda BotW remaster, and a higher fidelity Metroid Prime 4
@RCGamer They are every bit as much a Zelda game as the first one. There were no real theme to those dungeons either; the world was open and many dungeons could be tackled out of numerical order. The dungeon items were streamlined into rune powers and vehicle parts in order to open up the flow of adventure on such a massive overworld; the very act of traversal is itself often a puzzle
@Debo626 It’s using the multiverse theory that all other possibilities are possible in other dimensions. Like in Dragon Ball Z; Trunks can only save the future of Goku’s timeline, but sadly not his own. In multiverse theory, any use of time travel immediately splits the former timeline in two; you can only travel back in time to an adjacent timeline; not your own.
@Yoshi3 You can actually explore the Eldin region in ToTK. That was not possible in parts of BotW due to the extreme heat. They added a ton of new stuff for TotK.
@tameshiyaku Guess I’m a slightly insane adult then. I listen to video game music more than any other genre: Nintendo, Sega, Mega Man, Castlevania, Ys, Final Fantasy, Lufia, Street Fighter, Shenmue, Ninja Gaiden, Dead or Alive…
Music is music, yo. What makes you think video game soundtracks aren’t legit?
@OctoCallie20 Why is that laughable. Nintendo has every right to charge for their music, but here it as at least added to the Nintendo Online Service with no extra fee on top
I’m literally getting goosebumps to preparing to replay this amazing game in all its glory and now with all those new bells and whistles. The original Felghana (a remake of Ys III), actually came out on PC in 2005-2006 or thereabouts. I remember having to painstakingly translate every line on screen using a Kanji dictionary. But it was worth it for all the insane action (very awesome boss fights that cream the YS 3 originals) and one of the best soundtracks to ever grace the medium. My only complaint here is that they aren’t including the legendary PCE version of the soundtrack, too.
Can’t wait
@MeloMan Yeah it’s the same engine as YSVI and Origin I believe.
@FrowardCoast440 Konami has released amazing Castlevania compilations so far. I bet they’re planning a 3D one now: 64, Legacy, Lament and Curse. And yeah throw Judgment on there too as unlockable bonus
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Re: Poll: So, How Would You Feel About 24 Racers In Mario Kart 9?
@Artonide @Tempestryke It’d only be fun with 24 if we have higher engine ranks. Else it will take too long to overtake the crowd and the tracks would naturally have to be longer too.
@gabrigoes have you tried clearing your browser’s data / cookies cache
@BigRadical That’s only if you’re already in the higher ranks of the race; if you’re in first place you mostly get coins and banana peels (rarely Green Shells and the Horn Blaster)
@Jack_Goetz Oh man— Luigi’s fatalities would be brutal: staring one down until fear overtakes his enemy and they seppuku to end the madness
Re: Poll: So, How Would You Feel About 24 Racers In Mario Kart 9?
@LastFootnote That’s not entirely true though, because it’s 12 more racers to potentially use bad items on you. Will there be even more blue shells?
@SuntannedDuck2 If you’re an endurance racer type, then yeah Mario Kart probably isn’t for you. Endurance races bore me to tears.
Re: Poll: So, How Would You Feel About 24 Racers In Mario Kart 9?
@GinMiguel 24 racers in a round, as there are now 24 starting spots before the finish line
@Mana_Knight Git gud 🤓
Re: Best Ys Games Of All Time - Switch And Nintendo Systems
My ranking:
1) (Ys III) Oath in Felghana (PC)
2) Ys VIII Lacrimosa of Dana (PS5)
3) (Ys IV) Memories of Celceta (PSP)
4) Ys X Nordics (Switch)
5) Ys VI Ark of Napishtim (PS2)
6) Ys 7 (PSP)
7) Ys IX Monstrum Nox (PS5)
8) Ys IV Dawn of Ys (Super Nintendo)
9) Ys 1&2 Chronicles (PSP)
10) Ys III Wanderers from Ys (Sega Genesis / MegaDrive)
Re: Round Up: Video Game Industry Reacts To Nintendo's Switch 2 Announcement
I laughed my ass off at the Silksong joke! 🤣
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal Trailer Gives First Official Look At The New Console
@PALversusNTSC people aren’t fed up with the Switch format, where did you get that?
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal Trailer Gives First Official Look At The New Console
@jfp It’s absolutely nuts that we will soon have a handheld gaming device on par with Xbox Series S (reportedly). I grew up with the Gameboy too and it’s just… madlad levels of insanity what we can have now.
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal Trailer Gives First Official Look At The New Console
@WheresWaveRace That’s… unfortunately… a good point 🥺
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal Trailer Gives First Official Look At The New Console
@WheresWaveRace Hopefully it does launch with a new Wave Race
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal Trailer Gives First Official Look At The New Console
@Porco Most people? You speak for yourself. I detach the joycon all the time. It’s much easier to play that way when I want to rest my wrists. It’s reminiscent of the Wii+nunchuck controller. It also allows for spontaneous multiplayer sessions, when out and about.
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal Trailer Gives First Official Look At The New Console
@Rudy_Manchego Because Switch 2 games are not compatible with Switch 1 system. The games will make people go out and get it
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal Trailer Gives First Official Look At The New Console
@CaleBoi25 https://youtu.be/M6JIC360Lyk?si=oSj8VktDpSegGsg-
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal Trailer Gives First Official Look At The New Console
@Waveboy It looks like a crisper overall image and with higher detail on the characters. But yeah Mario Kart 8 was already (still is) a gorgeous game. The DLC tracks didn’t live up to that standard though
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal Trailer Gives First Official Look At The New Console
@JSC016 ‘Slick’ is somehow an understatement. That was Slick2
@RiasGremory You’re doing it wrong probably
@Anti-Matter Yeah white would look cool with the orange and blue— all Dreamcast like
Re: Review: Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (Switch) - Aping A Retro Classic
@YoshiTails Hope you feel better soon
@wchandlersville90 so you’re saying they rushed it
Re: Is This Our Best Look Yet At 'Switch 2'?
@UltimateOtaku91 Yeah I think they were checking out if they had grounds to sue 🤣. But then they were just like, “well, watch your back”, when they found out they hadn’t signed an NDA
Re: Is This Our Best Look Yet At 'Switch 2'?
@StewdaMegaManNerd Lol it’s like the battle music in Zelda Twilight Princess started overtaking the Hyrule Field theme— which I hated because it would block the glorious crescendo of that song when riding Epona
Re: Is This Our Best Look Yet At 'Switch 2'?
@obijuankanoobie Update#2 is definitely nixed now because there is no way they didn’t sign an NDA and still “had their hands” on the finalized product. So that’s a false statement they made.
Re: Random: Metroid Prime 4 'OG' Amazon Pre-Orders Are Being Cancelled
@yohn777 They don’t need to release a separate Switch 2 version because the Switch 2 can play it anyway. That said, it probably will say somewhere on the box art that it can “be enhanced further when played on Switch 2”. But it’s probably just higher framerate and cleaner peak resolution. I don’t think they will have two different MP4 skus— that would be confusing
Re: Random: Metroid Prime 4 'OG' Amazon Pre-Orders Are Being Cancelled
@ibookboyuk The product isn’t even named the same anymore; probably a different sku page
@Bumb_Ditch Yeah it’s already been confirmed for first Switch
@KingMike Some people are on tight budgets, but yeah if you really want the game you’ll pay for it. Or you could just wait for a sale.
Re: Yes, We're Getting A Brand New Guitar Hero Controller For Wii In 2025
Had to double check we weren’t already in April Fools territory
Re: Original Minecraft Creator Has "Basically Announced" A Spiritual Successor
@Edu23XWiiU Which of those conspiracies ended up becoming true? If you say PizzaGate, there’s the bloody door 👉🏻
Re: Original Minecraft Creator Has "Basically Announced" A Spiritual Successor
@Tasuki It’s not misleading because Notch no longer has ownership of the “Minecraft” brand; so he can’t create a game even remotely similar to it with those same block names and assets and creatures. Anything he creates cannot be a sequel to Minecraft.
He is probably going to make something very different.
Re: Random: Modder Shows Off Unused N64 Mic Support In Zelda: Majora's Mask
It’s actually really cool for skipping having to play the songs. Of course it hardly saves time compared to just whacking the mystery stone though
Re: Japanese Charts: What Successor? Switch Hardware Sales Top 100,000
@Shiro28 Sony no longer caters in ‘tittles’ 🤓
Re: Japanese Charts: What Successor? Switch Hardware Sales Top 100,000
@Friendly Because Switch is one of the best consoles ever made
Re: Antonblast Receives Update On Switch With Performance Boost To 60fps
@N00BiSH That’s the double edge sword with dev kits, they have more juice so they can throw off results
Re: Hideki Kamiya Expresses Remorse Over Harsh Treatment Of Ōkami Fan
@Lone_Beagle Mr. Burns: “Excellent!”
Re: Hideki Kamiya Expresses Remorse Over Harsh Treatment Of Ōkami Fan
@TheBigK Please allow 6-8 weeks for Kamiya to give a f—-
Re: Rumour: More Switch 2 Accessories Have Supposedly Surfaced Online
@LavenderShroud That’s par for the course for the holidays.
Re: Rumour: More Switch 2 Accessories Have Supposedly Surfaced Online
@Dev1024 I bet it will be both Mario and Mariokart; if they want the same kinda momentum they had in 2017. I also think there will be a Zelda BotW remaster, and a higher fidelity Metroid Prime 4
Re: The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Has Been Added To The Official Timeline
@RCGamer They are every bit as much a Zelda game as the first one. There were no real theme to those dungeons either; the world was open and many dungeons could be tackled out of numerical order. The dungeon items were streamlined into rune powers and vehicle parts in order to open up the flow of adventure on such a massive overworld; the very act of traversal is itself often a puzzle
Re: The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Has Been Added To The Official Timeline
@Debo626 It’s using the multiverse theory that all other possibilities are possible in other dimensions. Like in Dragon Ball Z; Trunks can only save the future of Goku’s timeline, but sadly not his own. In multiverse theory, any use of time travel immediately splits the former timeline in two; you can only travel back in time to an adjacent timeline; not your own.
Re: The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Has Been Added To The Official Timeline
@Yoshi3 You can actually explore the Eldin region in ToTK. That was not possible in parts of BotW due to the extreme heat. They added a ton of new stuff for TotK.
Re: Three Sega Genesis / Mega Drive Games Have Been Added To Switch Online's Expansion Pack
@ScalenePowers Vectorman’s level design has not aged well. The layouts are confusing and open
Re: Palworld Dev May Have Found An Unexpected Ally In Nintendo's Lawsuit: An Old GTA 5 Mod
@ParadoxFawkes Don't the Assassin Creed RPG like games use a nemesis system?
Re: Mario & Luigi's Future In Doubt As A Potential Sony Acquisition Emerges
@westman98 It’s just getting started. Look how streaming is essentially turning right back into cable
Re: Castlevania Tribute Starring Classic Dracula Actor Launches Today On Switch
@Mommar Have you played it?
Re: Castlevania Tribute Starring Classic Dracula Actor Launches Today On Switch
@aaronsullivan It sounds like a ripoff of “Forest of Jigramunt”, one of my favorite Castlevania songs
Re: Nintendo Lowers Its Hardware Forecast As Switch Sales Slow To A Crawl
@Coalescence That’s a very valid point
Re: Nintendo Lowers Its Hardware Forecast As Switch Sales Slow To A Crawl
@DTfearTheBEARD wow super Switch fan! I thought I was bad with 4 different Switches (I sold one to my nephew)
Re: Nintendo Lowers Its Hardware Forecast As Switch Sales Slow To A Crawl
@Erigen should’ve wiped them with Tears of the Kingdom
Re: Zelda's Got Nothing On Divine Dynamo Flamefrit's Grass-Cutting Mechanic
@Mgalens GORGEOUS! AH-ah IMPACTO! D-D-DASH!
Re: 'Nintendo Music' Is A New Mobile App Exclusive To Switch Online Members
@tameshiyaku Guess I’m a slightly insane adult then. I listen to video game music more than any other genre: Nintendo, Sega, Mega Man, Castlevania, Ys, Final Fantasy, Lufia, Street Fighter, Shenmue, Ninja Gaiden, Dead or Alive…
Music is music, yo. What makes you think video game soundtracks aren’t legit?
Re: 'Nintendo Music' Is A New Mobile App Exclusive To Switch Online Members
@OctoCallie20 Why is that laughable. Nintendo has every right to charge for their music, but here it as at least added to the Nintendo Online Service with no extra fee on top
Re: 'Nintendo Music' Is A New Mobile App Exclusive To Switch Online Members
@RobotReptile Yup and now we know why they were shutting those music channels down
Re: Review: Sonic X Shadow Generations (Switch) - A Blistering Return To Form For Both Hedgehogs
@PC2 If I recall, they eventually gave in and let you download a Chao from their Dreamcast severs to help unlock Green Hill
Re: 'Ys Memoire: The Oath In Felghana' Finally Comes West January 2025
I’m literally getting goosebumps to preparing to replay this amazing game in all its glory and now with all those new bells and whistles. The original Felghana (a remake of Ys III), actually came out on PC in 2005-2006 or thereabouts. I remember having to painstakingly translate every line on screen using a Kanji dictionary. But it was worth it for all the insane action (very awesome boss fights that cream the YS 3 originals) and one of the best soundtracks to ever grace the medium. My only complaint here is that they aren’t including the legendary PCE version of the soundtrack, too.
Can’t wait
@MeloMan Yeah it’s the same engine as YSVI and Origin I believe.
Re: Switch Online's "Mature" N64 App Expands With Two More Games
@FrowardCoast440 Konami has released amazing Castlevania compilations so far. I bet they’re planning a 3D one now: 64, Legacy, Lament and Curse. And yeah throw Judgment on there too as unlockable bonus
Re: Switch Online's "Mature" N64 App Expands With Two More Games
@Jeff2sayshi Yeah I thought there was like an unspoken rule about that; that’s why Castlevania is nowhere to be found on Nintendo Online… ?
@Pickettfury Did you like the Shadow Man remaster? I was thinking about it…
@Uncle_Franklin Hexen 64 and Killer Instinct Gold would be nice additions