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Unconstructive feedback, hey?

How about this: May I suggest pressing a company on their sketchy practices and business model, rather than just including a bit of text separate from the interview entirely. This company deserves to have to answer for itself on a high visibility Nintendo site, but instead they receive positive press in light of controversial game key cards.

Let’s all chill out in a safe space where no one will insult us for defending this low quality franchise with shocking production values.

Peace.

Nice to see so many people singing Fukuoka’s praise! Keep it up, Fuk Nuts!

@HammerGalladeBro Level 5? Their football stadium is named after them if I remember

Ahhh…I used to live a five minute walk from there. The me from 8 years ago would be a happy lad.

I’d say LR has maybe one more punt at a tongue-in-cheek collection of moderate to absolute turkeys before the idea totally fizzles due to lack of interest.

Imagine thinking of getting this when you’ve got two 80 dollar potential all-timers on the way.

@RupeeClock I personally wouldn’t label these people internet archivists or historians in a thousand lifetimes.

To me they systematically take any form of joy or excitement out of a console release in the name of a bit of social media clout.

When I think back to how people used to react to a new console, even as recent as the Wii and compare it to the sheer, inescapable negativity of the past weeks?…Sweet Christ.

To think there are people out there just routinely refreshing the product page - just to see if anything changes - with a screenshot of the original page prepared lest anything happens.

Cool ass dudes. Stone cold.

A timely announcement with all eyes on Nintendo and their pricing.

Let’s not forget the poster child for disrespecting core gamers and their wallets.

Everyone’s got a point when defending or complaining about an $80 game. But $666 dollars…Are these guys kidding or what?

@StewdaMegaManNerd so 60fps at $80 dollars is a no sale? Are we really attaching a price tag to frame rates the human eye is too slow to recognize?

This game is going to rip, and it’ll rip years from now. As long as $80 isn’t just the new going rate and a fair reflection of the time and resources spent as well as a representation of the hours of entertainment it’ll bring, I don’t mind.

Nintendo are making questionable decisions at the minute but for me personally, I don’t mind dropping more money on something I know I’ll never trade in.

@SillyG I imagine if you’ve already bought the dlc then you could simply download it for the switch 2 edition and it’d work? Could be wrong.

I’m not defending it. Nintendo are making some pretty rotten decisions here - ones that impact it’s loyalist supporters the most.

His Ma and Pep Pep must be so proud.

As a resident of Japan for almost ten years, I’m both happy that little Ryosuke and his school pals get to play Switch 2 at a price that suits the economy, AND…dismayed that Nintendo doesn’t include me in that same economy.

Uncluttered, simple, an absolute blessing.

Thanks Nintendo for ignoring 8 years of theme mock-ups on Reddit.

I honestly couldn’t give a fiddler’s fart at this point. Feel like I’ve been seeing that lead character art since I was at my Ma’s teat….

I don’t really know what games he’s looking at in particular but maybe, just maybe, they are taking influence from Western games because they’re also great? And not just to pander to the west?

It’s a really dated view. Games are big and broad enough to both be able to borrow from other cultures, or to be totally of their own culture. Zelda basically exists because of Western fantasy. BOTW and TOTK are peak examples of the open world games popularized in the west, and then brought further to life by very Nintendo innovations.

He’s a top lad and that, but boy, not so open minded.

@Daniel36 It took me 40 years, but I’ve finally learnt you’re not missing out on anything by not being a part of the initial buzz or conversation around a new release.

Aye, fake scarcity at launch is one to watch out for too. It happened in Japan with DQ3. Sold out everywhere at Christmas and now the shelves are teeming with used copies at half the price.

The physical of this is 8 quid at my local game shop…worth a bash?

I momentarily forgot Lego has a suggested age rating for each set - thought Mario had his lad out or something

I’m not really frame-rate minded at all - In fact back in the PS2 days I sort of enjoyed the feeling of those boundary pushing games bringing your console to a chug.

But MGS2 at 30fps…that’s a betrayal on levels we’ve never before seen.

This is god tier butchery. Like taking a premium slice of Kobe beef and making it into a smoothie.

We’re at an extraordinary 106 comments.

Which, incidentally, is the number of NSO users who fired up Super Soccer for a second time or more.

Modern day Paris doesn’t do much to invoke the theme and title of ‘Legends’ too.

It looks like they recognized Arceus struck a chord with fans and they thought oh let’s pump more resources into this. It’s undeniably lost a lot of charm and the cozy GameCube vibes of the original.

On the plus side it made me want to give Arceus a try.

The full price is aimed squarely at the people who know about its heritage and can’t afford the original on GBA.

There’s too much good stuff coming out all the time for those partially curious to drop 20 quid on it, so it’s not likely going to find much of a new audience. Bit of a shame.

@Astropez Jiminy Christmas. If the quality is that unreliable then it’s a wonder Nintendo Life cover their new releases at all.

What a bummer these absolute shysters are behind the newly announced Karateka, Tetris and Jeff Minter collection physical editions.

@LikelySatan Sometimes you can say something basic and it be absolutely correct, friend.

If you read carefully, my beef (which has since subsided) was not with companies sending PR emails, but with journalists just regurgitating said emails for a quick story.

@Zuljaras yeah the Wallachia one has been on my radar a while. I judged it harshly in that case.

Hey…maybe it’s going to be a cracker and it’s the exact type of game I want to see touted on gaming sites. I love castlevania and would happily be proven wrong.

@Zuljaras the article was posted very soon after the trailer went up and it felt to me like lazy/dubious journalism to cover a game that seems middling/wonky just because they (most likely) got a press email

This. THIS is how you compile retro games. What an absolute ripper of a line-up. Such warm Dreamcast vibes I’m in love before I’ve even seen a trailer.

Those folks behind the recent Taito and Neo Geo comps need to take note.

Aw was hoping for this when the 1st was announced. Best one by miles!

They were asking for people’s money? Jesus Hammer Throwing Christ.

That cutesy “Hey y’all!” in their statement brings my piss to a boil too.

I played this for the first time very recently and it made me want to swear off bloated RPGs for life.

Such a slick, compact, beautiful template for a game. So ahead of its time and full of warmth, heart and DOPE JAMZ.

You can breeze through it in the time it takes Brothership to let go of your hand. I wish Nintendo would look to it’s pace more often to build more short form masterpieces like it.

@Antraxx777

Elevator Action Returns. An absolute masterpiece.

Chase HQ and the Ninja Warriors sequel on SNES spring to mind too.

Seems like all Taito had to do to win back jaded hearts is put progressively better games on the compilations. It’s still a meager collection of roms massively overpriced compared to previous console generations, without any of the attention to detail capcom, M2 and the like put into theirs.

One mark shy of perfection is pushing it a bit, especially when the reviewer mentions better examples of a genre in some cases.

Taito Milestones 4 on track for a perfect 10.

The acknowledgment in the credits is abrupt and corporate sounding. It’s a shame.

Let’s all pause for a moment before we lose our minds and think of just how many millions of people in countless fields of work don’t get to see their name swish along a screen for their hard work. Starting with the actual hardware designers, do we see their names each time we power down our Switch? It’s thanks to them we’re playing anything at all.

@Andy_Witmyer I know it’s just an arcade style attract mode, fella.

Just felt odd that not one shell was flung, nor a mushroom inhaled. Gran Turismo Sunday Cup vibes.

I think it points to a new Donkey Kong in that style in the not too distant future. As does the weird timing of the DKC returns port.

I also think it seems a welcome shift towards classic Kong and that it’s too early to claim it as hideous based on brief glimpses with 1st gen webcam fidelity. Let’s all just chill till we’ve seen the big chimp front row and center, yeah?

No power-ups to be seen?

Yeah I heard from a few industry top dogs that Nintendo were kind of jazzed to reveal it themselves…

Genki’s been sent an angry text from Nintendo so they’ve had to say they’ve designed and manufactured products based on looking at pictures. Lols

Hooooo boy are Genki’s days numbered

At this rate, all these wonderful internet sleuths are going to suck every last drop of surprise out of the actual console reveal.

Pulstar and Blazing Star on two separate collections? I didn’t know SNK were evil.

@Zuljaras I want this to happen, both for your benefit and for there to be a game out there called Slug Lord Selection.

If ever I see Moto Rush GT sitting at the top of the new Switch 2 releases page, I’m nailing my console to a frisbee and flinging it into the sun.