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@Yorumi

Fair enough. I never really engaged in the conversations back in the day. I was always skeptical but was able to accept it for what it was.

@Yorumi I don't actually. I think everyone was negative about it when My Nintendo first came out.

In any case, I think this is just a mistake on their part and the physical rewards will be back soon. I usually grab the posters, even played Animal Crossing Pocket Camp to get platinum coins every week to get the posters. Last thing I grabbed was the acrylic Skyward Sword poster and was trying to get the Metroid one. Oh well.

I was in the "Eh, maybe on payday" camp. Now I'm in the "Should probably wait for them to fix some of these issues. I don't even play Animal Crossing anymore" camp.

I would respect a lot more opinions here if I knew that those making them actually had experience in what they were talking about. Hard to argue for or against something when all you've seen is from the outside.

I'm not sure why someone would want to turn off a main selling point of their OLED Switch, but it's not really hurting anything being there I guess.

I think it's kind of funny that some people think they wont be able to find Super Mario 3D All-stars after March. While I'm only guessing that Nintendo made tons of copies, I'm willing to bet you'll find new copies in stores for months.

Something I'm more confident about is finding used copies. They are going to be easy to find for years! Especially when idiots like me accidentally bought two copies and forgot about one of them!

I'm indifferent overall. Don't really care one way or the other.

Fall Guys is still a thing?

Maybe this is just because I'm a dumb out of touch 30 year old millennial, but... why?

Cool, too bad scalpers will get them all.

FINALLY the island transfer tool is out. I had to replace my Switch due to the shell breaking and have been unable to play for months now. Missed out on a lot of holidays. Still got my old switch, so I should be able to move it on to the new one.

I remember reading this back in... 2004? I feel old...

I was noticing unique enemies running off half way through the battle, ending it and regaining health. Glad it's getting fixed.

Ok. Those are for sure games.

@liveswired I wasn't very clear earlier. I was meaning that people use videos like this as ammunition to hate on things, that's the issue I have. You can see it all over this comment thread. Even got a couple people bashing me just because I wish people actually did treat this as you say.

I hate videos like this. Nearly everything they point out I'm willing to bet a majority of people wouldn't even have noticed. Some of you would have, sure, but now the minor graphical stuff people like to nit pic and judge entire games over has been pointed out. Uses a dynamic resolution? Oh no, the worst game ever!

It's a shame these are the Europe site only. I have to jump through too many hoops to download free wallpapers just because I live in North America. (and it's not exactly hard to do, just complaining that I have to do it anyway)

Even without a home internet connection I managed to get them all. Huzzah! Was it worth it? I mean, my policy is never say no to a free video game. I've enjoyed even the worst games by getting them in a giveaway like this. And it wasn't like it took a lot of time out of my day. I've enjoyed them so far.

@sanya_exe Shhh, shh shh shh. Let people enjoy things.

I find it funny how people assume it had to be perfect OR ELSE!! Buy it or don't, I don't care either way, just stop complaining about stuff while pretending you know what you're talking about.

@jameswarrensaid that's not quite true. It's more along the lines of FFIX. It also had lost source code and needed to be remastered just like FFVIII is now. But FFIX didn't get a physical release.

Look, I'm not saying that it's stupid or something to want a physical release of a game. It's perfectly fine to want one. I personally am not bothered that this isn't getting one. If some day in the future these get a physical release, then cool! All I'm getting at is that I feel like it's odd that people thought this one would get a physical release when the other PS1 Final Fantasy games did not.

@DanTheMan827 Nothing lasts forever, not even physical media (there is such a thing as disc rot). However what I was getting at was that there was no reason for people to expect this to have a physical release, not that them wanting everything digital to be released physically is invalid. Squareenix has not released the updated PS1 games physically, only digitally.

I don't get why people act surprised about this. I would have been surprised if there was going to be a physical release.

I find it funny how people assume "dead" in this case means they have to throw out their 3DS's and never play them again. By peoples definitions on this site, the Wii U isn't dead because someone out there still plays and enjoys it. That's not what a console being "dead" means. Stop freaking out and just enjoy your games dag nabbit!

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To quote yet another old meme, IT'S A FAAAAKE!

Man, if only people had thought to actually read the FAQ as opposed to poorly translating a different one. If only certain news sites didn't spread misinformation. If only...

It's a shame, but not unexpected. I enjoyed my Vita when I had it. Was even considering picking up a used one had they not announced all the Final Fantasies coming to the Switch. There is no real reason for me to go back to it sadly. Oh well.

@tedko I'm just some random guy on the internet! You know. That one guy?

@tedko You one of my friends I added to my family group? Doubt it, but hey, small world if it was!

I'd prefer it if we all just calm down and have some coffee, do some painting, maybe eat some comfort food and just not worry about things for maybe an hour.

I picked it up out of a mix of curiosity, already having money on my eshop account, and wasn't expecting it to be perfect. And yeah, I'd say a 6/10 is a reasonable score for it. Not great, not terrible.

Really, my biggest issue is that it's TOO linear. I wasn't expecting them to stick the open world in the game (though if they did that would have been awesome), but I was hoping for more side content. Let me explore areas I've already gone to, do side quests, stuff like that. If it had some exploration as opposed to all going from point A to point B, then I'd probably recommend it for people. I don't regret paying for it while on sale, but it wont be worth the full price.

@Yorumi Eh... try to have a good day, ok?

@Yorumi That doesn't make it true though. We have a fair bit of info about the consumer side of things for this sub, but no one really knows what's going on behind the scenes, even me (Maybe I'm wrong, very possible, but I'm just trying to make sense of it). I'm not calling you a troll, I wasn't aiming anything at you, I've just seen that argument several times in the comment section here and needed to get in my two cents about it. It's all good.

@Yorumi I said I was done, but I just... need to explain this.

Fortnite isn't run by Nintendo. They have their own servers. No doubt they work with Nintendo to make it work on the Switch, but they wouldn't be using Nintendo's servers. Not to mention Fortnite is a tiny bit more popular then Splatoon 2, and they pull in money by people making in game purchases, where as Nintendo doesn't make any money off Splatoon 2 after the initial purchase any paid DLC (which is only bought once). It's not a perfect comparison, but it's not the same thing.

Anyway, I'm not going to continue this... I just needed to say that, get it out in the open.

@electrolite77 I mean... you're not wrong. Coming to [insert local TV station here] this spring!

@tedko I am so glad I let my boss talk me into it...

@tedko Yeah, I'm done too. I highly recommend you don't drink two energy drinks back to back on a late shift when you normally work morning shifts. Screws with your sleep. Fell asleep at 3AM, woke up at my usual 6AM, so guess today's another two energy drink day.

@tedko @electrolite77 Nnnno, literally everything you quoted boiled down to money. What do you think "value" in the context of this comment section is?

And Tedko, it's not just this article I'm looking at. Plenty of people complained about the price and not having an internet connection in other articles on this site (the one with the poorly translated FAQ comes to mind).

And let me repeat. PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO NOT WANT THIS SERVICE! I DON'T CARE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER IF YOU ARE OR AREN'T WILLING TO PAY FOR IT! It's the dumb excuses, not them not wanting it. If you've noticed, I've really only engaged two people on here. There have been plenty who have said that they don't really want this and the like. That's cool. It's those who make no arguments, who complain for the sake of complaining, who keep going around and pretending they made a point, complaining about the quality of a service that isn't even out yet, you get the idea.

I'm willing to call out Nintendo over crap they've done. They have been rather crappy and tone deaf in the recent past, but I've seen them try to get back into the swing of things. Them now wanting a subscription shows me they want to improve their online service.

Hey, maybe it will turn out to be terrible in the end. If it is terrible, then hey, I'd stop using it. We just don't have anything to go off of other then people screaming opinions at each other over and those stupid enough to engage them after a bad day at work and getting tired of it. (And before you go "HURR! YOU'RE THE STUPID ONE!!!" yes, that's what I just said, my fault for trying to engage people while basically saying "lets just see how it turns out" after a dumb joke, I'm self aware)

@tedko It was a dumb joke, yes, but I'm not just quoting you and just saying you're wrong, am I?

@electrolite77 See what you did there? You posted opinions, some not even ones you said. That's not proof.

People are allowed to not want this service. People are allowed to be unwilling to pay for it. That's fine, I really don't care. It's the hyperbole, the doom and gloom, that stuff that I complain against. These are the same people who complained that Nintendo's online infrastructure has been crap and needs improving, but as soon as Nintendo tries to do just that? Complains that they don't want to pay for it. And it is ALWAYS not wanting to pay for it. I have no doubt that if it were free, people would be praising free NES games and cloud saves and probably saying "I'll just use Discord" to the admittedly stupid way voice chatting works on the Switch.

@electrolite77 Glad you can contribute in a meaningful way as opposed to just going "nah, you're wrong, I'm right." Seriously, tell me how most people's complaints arent about money. Tell me how Nintendo won't improve their online services. Tell me how people saying that it's not a good value just aren't spoiled by the game you get with Xbox Live and PS+. I welcome actual arguments as opposed to the nothing you've responded with.

Prove me wrong. Do it. Prove. Me. Wrong.

@electrolite77 Also, do you understand what the definition of "straw man" is? Because that's kind of what you're doing when you point at people and say "straw man" as opposed to trying to make a point.

@electrolite77 Point being that nothing is going to be perfect. Point being that Nintendo has to start somewhere. Same thing happened to Sony, same thing happened to Microsoft. The only difference is Nintendo was too proud to do it right for years. Now that they're trying to improve things, people complain, and looking at the complaints, it really just boils down to people not wanting to spend $20.

Yeah, ok, cool, if you don't want to spend the money, don't. If you don't think it's worth it, don't pay for it. Is it kind of dumb that a free to play game doesn't require it? Eh, I can see it either way. Is it going to split the user base and spell doom? No, that would be stupid. No one (that can think for a minute) will tell you that you are required to pay this subscription, but don't go around spelling doom and gloom just because you didn't get a copy of Breath of the Wild with your $20 a year.

@tedko Oh please. It's not like a vast majority of those complaining have any good reasons. Yeah, it's kind of crap that you now have to pay for online multiplayer, but hey, maybe now that there's money flow meant for Nintendo's servers things will improve. But nearly all the complaints I see are from people being petty about that or overreacting to a poorly translated FAQ or coming up with scenarios that would never happen.

Is it really going to be so hard to pay $20 a year? If I was homeless and without a job I'd still be able to manage $20 a year. Is it really that hard to get an internet connection where you live? Well then that's not really Nintendo's fault and you probably wouldn't be using the service anyway.

Does no one remember needing to pay for Xbox Live just to watch Netflix on their 360? Or the joke that was the PSN before the PS4? And heck, even Nintendo's multiplayer servers aren't as bad as people like to say. Last time I had any issues with any online multiplayer game from Nintendo was Super Smash Bros Brawl. You know, 10 years ago.

Eh, but what do the complainers care about this stuff? More fun to just complain, right?

OH NO! How dare they? The Nintendo Online crap is crappier then ever cause now KIDS DON'T HAVE TO PAY TO PLAY FORNITE! Or something. I was trying to make a joke at the expense of those who will complain about anything Nintendo does regarding the online service, but now I may have just given them ammo.

Oh nooooo! I have to be connected to the internet from time to time to use a service that depends on the internet? Whatever shall I do!? /sarcasm

Heck, if you read the ACTUAL FAQ entry on the site, it doesn't do anything but say you lose access. Not this confusing probably bad translation crap.

I've read and reread the quote, and I can't see how people are getting "SAVES DELETED ASAP" from it. As far as I can tell, it's just saying that you lose access until you pay again. Nothing in there says it will be deleted asap.