Honestly, I’d settle for redesigned joycons that didn’t have issues (or existing joycons massively reduced in price). Anything that allows me to play my Switch.
After that, pretty much anything Mario - Kart, Odyssey, Galaxy 2. I’ve given up on hoping for a Wave Race or 1080
Hopefully we get something happening in Australia too. I’ve not bought a Nintendo game for over a year as my joy-cons are rubbish (and I can’t even start any games requiring split controllers, like Ring Fit Adventure)
I’ll not buy expensive replacement joy-cons as they’re prone to the exact same issue
My five year old plays AC once every two months, so we missed all these events except the Easter one. I wish you could somehow trigger any events you missed
I loved the Atari 2600 joystick. It gave me the sort of control I just don’t get from a thumb-sized joystick. I used to hunt around second-hand stores in London looking for these, as my mate and I used them to play Sensible World of Soccer on the Amiga, and each one would only last a few months. Good times
Still not cheap enough. I’ve got one joy con drifting and the other has a non-functioning shoulder button when separated from the system - so no two player Mario kart, no Fit Boxing or Keep Fit Adventure
Reduced features should mean a reduced price. I’ve got FIFA 18, and it was pretty good. I’m tempted by FIFA 21, purely because after a two year absence the mighty Fulham are back in the Premiership (and bottom of the table) ... but I’ll get it on the PS4, depending on the level of micro-transactions
I grew up playing Game and Watch games, so if this had all of them pre-loaded, I’d purchase in a heartbeat. But with only one G&W game, it’s an easy pass
It looks friggin’ awesome. But the price is too high for me, and I question the gates being made from cardboard. It’d be interesting to know how well it controls and what its range is - if I can race around my company’s warehouse that’d be amazing. Consider my inner-child’s interest piqued
Micro-transactions fundamentally affect the way a game is designed, so are impossible to ignore. Well, that’s not quite true, I can ignore them by not purchasing the game
Goldeneye was sublime. But Diddy Kong Racing has to be my favourite Rare game - the perfect kart racer with an excellent single-player adventure, fun courses, a great weapon system, and no rubber-banding.
The one game that piqued my interest, you dismissed within seconds - My Universe, My Baby. It sounded like perfection for my five year old daughter, so I was disappointed not to see more
People play games for different reasons: challenge, fun, distraction, entertainment, social. So choose the difficulty that matches your reason for playing.
I love easy modes, sometimes with a bit more challenge thrown in, but frustration turns me off completely
I played one game a couple of months ago where it essentially said, ‘looks like you’re a bit crap - shall we lower the difficulty?’ What a blessing!
I loved my Amiga 500. My favourites were Xenon, Garrison, and Sensible Soccer (which I played with a mate for far too many hours - we used to hunt around 2nd hand shops for the old Atari 2600 joysticks, as they were the best controllers to use, but would only last a few months). Damn good times!
Strangely, I never thought of looking for demos on the Switch... There are a bunch of games on this list I should really try - Ori, Hob, Puyo Puyo Tetris, Cadence. Looks like I’ll be busy for the next few hours (providing my joy-con drift ain’t too bad)
Thanks to joy-con issues, I hardly use my Switch anymore. It means I haven’t bought a game in many months, and instead get everything (cheaper) on my PS4
My most desired new feature: an option to turn off the repetitive text. Yep, an option to turn off the repetitive text. Wouldn't it be great if there was an option to turn off the repetitive text , etc...
I feel like we’ve had this ‘EA bringing games to Switch’ type article several times already in the last week. I’ve hit maximum EA. Time to hose off and move on...
@retro_player_77 Agreed. And that's my problem with it. They took Burnout, which was my favourite arcade racer, and morphed it into a street racer, which I dislike. Basically, I want a new arcade-style Burnout racer, where I can race with mates in real life. And then they can charge full price for it...
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Re: Fall Guys Season 4 Adds Among Us Crossover
Fall Guys is sus
Re: Talking Point: What We're Hoping To See In Today's Nintendo Direct
Honestly, I’d settle for redesigned joycons that didn’t have issues (or existing joycons massively reduced in price). Anything that allows me to play my Switch.
After that, pretty much anything Mario - Kart, Odyssey, Galaxy 2. I’ve given up on hoping for a Wave Race or 1080
Re: Video: Here's How Mario Kart Could Look Running On A 4K Console
It’s a bit pixelated on my 8K TV...
Re: Pixel FX's N64Digital Promises "Crystal-Clear HDMI Video" For Your Nintendo 64
Surely N64 titles are on the Nintendo Online Service by now...
[Tumbleweed blows past]
Re: Mini Review: Colossus Down - A Neat Concept Squandered By Bland Gameplay
What’s a ‘wholly unliveable character’? [The end of the first paragraph]. Is it supposed to perhaps be ‘unlikeable’ or ‘unbelievable’?
Re: EU Calls For Investigation Into Switch Joy-Con Drift Following More Than 25,000 Complaints
Hopefully we get something happening in Australia too. I’ve not bought a Nintendo game for over a year as my joy-cons are rubbish (and I can’t even start any games requiring split controllers, like Ring Fit Adventure)
I’ll not buy expensive replacement joy-cons as they’re prone to the exact same issue
Come on Nintendo, sort it out!!
Re: Nintendo Shares New Info About Bowser's Fury Mode In Super Mario 3D World
It’s a shame that travelling across Lake Lapcat is the closest we’re going to get to Wave Race on the Switch...
Re: Poll: What Was Your Favourite Animal Crossing: New Horizons Event Of 2020?
My five year old plays AC once every two months, so we missed all these events except the Easter one. I wish you could somehow trigger any events you missed
Re: Oops! Among Us' 2021 Airship Level Is Playable Now On Switch Thanks To A Glitch
HotGoomba_Rebrand is the imposter!
Re: Nintendo Expands Its Switch Online SNES And NES Service With Five More Titles
Worth the wait ...? ... No
Re: Feature: What Does Nintendo Have Planned For Zelda’s 35th Anniversary?
BotW 2 and a new Switch; hopefully where the weapons in one don’t break as often as the controllers in the other...
Re: Review: Immortals Fenyx Rising - An Off-Brand Breath Of The Wild That's Still Worth A Look
Hopefully BotW-2 borrows some ideas from Fenyx - durable weapons, marker points telling you where to go (as an option)
Re: Mini Review: Picross S5 - You Know The Drill By Now, Surely?
@SwitchVogel They’re definitely all solvable through logic alone - no guessing required ... and no hints required either
Re: Famous Footballers Think EA Could Be Illegally Profiting From Their Names And Likenesses In FIFA
So if Bale is in the game, do you get to play golf on matchday?
Re: Deep End's Kickstarter Project Romancelvania Brings The Love To Switch
Why will they need to change the name? Drac is romancing across Transylvania, hence the Romancelvania. Castlevania is easily different enough.
That aside, I do think the name is terrible...
Re: Review: Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered - A Racer From A More Innocent Time
It’s not a good as Burnout Paradise, and I think paradise is a terrible game (whereas I loved Burnout 1and 2)
Re: Nintendo Australia Is Closing Down Its eBay Store Later This Month
I live in Australia and I never knew there was a Nintendo eBay page. If they sold reasonably priced joycon, I’d have been all over it...
Re: Sega Reveals Never-Before-Seen Concept Art For The Sonic Adventure Games And Sonic Heroes
I loved Sonic Adventure on the Dreamcast. Man, what a system that was...
Re: Random: Playing Switch With A 1977 Atari Joystick Is Neat, If A Little Impractical
I loved the Atari 2600 joystick. It gave me the sort of control I just don’t get from a thumb-sized joystick. I used to hunt around second-hand stores in London looking for these, as my mate and I used them to play Sensible World of Soccer on the Amiga, and each one would only last a few months. Good times
Re: Poll: Pikmin 3 Deluxe Is Out Today On Switch, Are You Getting It?
I’d buy a triple pack or a Pikmin 4
Re: Talking Point: Cloud Gaming On Switch – The Pros And Cons Of The Cloud
A Netflix-style subscription for cloud games might work well - then you’ve got no ownership issues
Re: Random: Atari Shows Off Concept Art For Its New Hotels, And It All Looks Insane
It interests me as much as if the Hilton hotel released a game console
Re: Review In Progress: Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit
There’s a few things worth mentioning:
If you have two karts, you can’t use both sets of gates to make bigger courses - it’s four gates only!
The other virtual racers can go through solid objects (as the game doesn’t register real-works objects).
The kart can go on small pile carpet, but may struggle with going up and down rug edges.
If you get hair wound around an axle, your kart may be buggered - so bye bye a hundred bucks.
Re: Nintendo Is Permanently Reducing The Price Of Switch Joy-Con In Japan
Still not cheap enough. I’ve got one joy con drifting and the other has a non-functioning shoulder button when separated from the system - so no two player Mario kart, no Fit Boxing or Keep Fit Adventure
Re: Review: FIFA 21 - EA Insults Switch Owners Yet Again With This Half-Baked Effort
Reduced features should mean a reduced price. I’ve got FIFA 18, and it was pretty good. I’m tempted by FIFA 21, purely because after a two year absence the mighty Fulham are back in the Premiership (and bottom of the table) ... but I’ll get it on the PS4, depending on the level of micro-transactions
Re: Mini Review: Macbat 64 - A Pitifully Weak Clone Of Those N64 Platformers You Know And Love
I’ll definitely grab this - a two hour playthrough is perfect, and I love a little N64 nostalgia
Re: Video: Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit Gets A Shiny New Commercial
At least it’ll be easy to drift the kart with those joycons
Re: Nintendo's Switch Online Service Now Has More Than 26 Million Subscribers
If you zoom in real close on the chart to a month ago, you can see a slight dip - that's me unsubscribing
Re: Video: Take A Closer Look At The New Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. System
I grew up playing Game and Watch games, so if this had all of them pre-loaded, I’d purchase in a heartbeat. But with only one G&W game, it’s an easy pass
Re: Talking Point: Can Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit Possibly Be As Good As It Looks?
It looks friggin’ awesome. But the price is too high for me, and I question the gates being made from cardboard. It’d be interesting to know how well it controls and what its range is - if I can race around my company’s warehouse that’d be amazing. Consider my inner-child’s interest piqued
Re: Review: NBA 2K21 - Ignore The Microtransactions And You've Got The Best Basketball Game On Switch
Micro-transactions fundamentally affect the way a game is designed, so are impossible to ignore. Well, that’s not quite true, I can ignore them by not purchasing the game
Re: Feature: Rare Turns 35 This Week - We Pick 10 Highlights From The Nintendo Years
Goldeneye was sublime. But Diddy Kong Racing has to be my favourite Rare game - the perfect kart racer with an excellent single-player adventure, fun courses, a great weapon system, and no rubber-banding.
Re: Video: 12 Exciting New Games Coming To Nintendo Switch In August
The one game that piqued my interest, you dismissed within seconds - My Universe, My Baby. It sounded like perfection for my five year old daughter, so I was disappointed not to see more
Re: Random: Some Of Microsoft's New 'Designed For Xbox' Controllers Look Pretty Familiar
They haven’t copied the Switch controller until they really nail the drift...
Re: Soapbox: There's No Shame In Playing On Easy, Even If You're A Pro
People play games for different reasons: challenge, fun, distraction, entertainment, social. So choose the difficulty that matches your reason for playing.
I love easy modes, sometimes with a bit more challenge thrown in, but frustration turns me off completely
I played one game a couple of months ago where it essentially said, ‘looks like you’re a bit crap - shall we lower the difficulty?’ What a blessing!
Re: Mini Review: Neversong - A Lovingly-Crafted Metroidvania Which Sadly Ends Too Soon
What is a short hour? Fifty minutes?
Re: Review: Waifu Uncovered - A Puerile Pin-Up Shooter That's Surprisingly Satisfying
I believe the review was written with one hand...
Re: Feature: I Am Dead Drops On Switch This September, And We Speak To The Devs To Find Out More
I’m Another One Who Can’t Stand The Title Case Used. But I Am Dead Drops Looks Pretty Interesting To Me. The Developers Sound Cool Too
Re: Review: 1993 Shenandoah - One For Hardcore Amiga Fans Only
I loved my Amiga 500. My favourites were Xenon, Garrison, and Sensible Soccer (which I played with a mate for far too many hours - we used to hunt around 2nd hand shops for the old Atari 2600 joysticks, as they were the best controllers to use, but would only last a few months). Damn good times!
Re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Latest Update Has Given Visitors A New Way To Ruin Your Island
Just destroy your own island before anyone arrives. Simples
Re: Feature: Best Switch Demos - Try Before You Buy On Switch eShop
Strangely, I never thought of looking for demos on the Switch... There are a bunch of games on this list I should really try - Ori, Hob, Puyo Puyo Tetris, Cadence. Looks like I’ll be busy for the next few hours (providing my joy-con drift ain’t too bad)
Re: Nintendo President Apologises For Joy-Con Drift, Can't Comment Further Due To Ongoing Lawsuit
Thanks to joy-con issues, I hardly use my Switch anymore. It means I haven’t bought a game in many months, and instead get everything (cheaper) on my PS4
Re: Community: Check Out 12 Switch Games We Missed, Recommended By You
Great article. Nice to have videos in there too - something I'd love to see in the standard reviews
Re: Soapbox: I’m Super Excited About The Future Of Animal Crossing: New Horizons
My most desired new feature: an option to turn off the repetitive text. Yep, an option to turn off the repetitive text. Wouldn't it be great if there was an option to turn off the repetitive text , etc...
Re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons' First Bug-Off Event Takes Place Tomorrow
What do those living on the equator get?
Re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Summer Updates Will Add Swimming, Diving And More
Can we get some surf...
Re: EA Wants To Bring More Games To More Platforms - Including Nintendo Switch
I feel like we’ve had this ‘EA bringing games to Switch’ type article several times already in the last week. I’ve hit maximum EA. Time to hose off and move on...
Re: Review: Burnout Paradise Remastered - Thrilling Open-World Racing Tempered By Blurry Visuals And A High Price
@retro_player_77 Agreed. And that's my problem with it. They took Burnout, which was my favourite arcade racer, and morphed it into a street racer, which I dislike. Basically, I want a new arcade-style Burnout racer, where I can race with mates in real life. And then they can charge full price for it...
Re: Review: Burnout Paradise Remastered - Thrilling Open-World Racing Tempered By Blurry Visuals And A High Price
Burnout was one of my favourite series. But Paradise missed the mark in a few key areas:
All those just ruined the fun factor for me. But if that’s your thing and you don’t mind forking out great wads of cash, then jump right in!
Re: Review: Summer In Mara - Alluring Presentation Hides A Fundamentally Flawed Adventure
The review of this game pretty much sums up my feelings about Animal Crossing...