@Kirgo Bah, even if it was a really good, meaty dungeon & story content, I personally would rather that I pay less for it. But maybe that's just me and price-consciousness talking. I swear, if I could get a 1-dollar burger from McDonalds that was just a bun and a piece of cheese, I'd buy 3 on my way back from the Grocery store after buying a 6-oz pack of discount beef...
@Kirgo Oh yeah, I'm not gonna say the main game is worth less without it. However, I don't think the Season Pass is even remotely worth $20. I would be less peeved if they didn't outright say "we won't be offering the content packs separately". That's just me, though, and even if I could only get pack #2, I'd still wait a while to see if I could get it on sale, mostly because I have other games to play.
@JaxonH Yeah, I realized that after I wrote the first paragraph, and the edit was suposed to reflect that. I forgot that edits don't show up unless you refresh the page, though.
@JaxonH What do you mean "not enough to count on"? If I wait say...15 months, and there's still no GOTY edition? I can still buy it, and I can still play it. And once I've played it, I can still get the DLC. What have I lost from being patient?
Like, I'm not even angry that DLC exists, personally - I meant to point that out in my previous post, and I guess your point was more directed at people who are mad about lacking on-disc content. I thought you meant that you'll still have to buy stuff separately, and will never get a complete package with a single purchase. At this point, there's not enough room on the discs themselves to handle everything on one disc, especially for stuff like Dragon Age.
@JaxonH "Once you accept it and know you will never, ever, ever have a game collection all on disc ever again, it makes it easy to get past."
It's an accepted thing that companies will release "definitive editions" over a year after the initial release, the Season pass just gets it to you sooner for the people who can't wait. What you're "accepting" is bullcrap.
@Kirgo They're "offering" modes that have been traditionally included with other entries as a standard part of the package, a free in-game promotional T-Shirt and some ambiguous story content that probably won't be revealed until about 3 months after the Season Pass has been available. How are they not withholding content here?
And let's not forget that none of it will be available to download separately (at least according to Nintendo, so take that for what you will at this point), and you have a $20 pre-order for an expansion that won't release until the Summer. I don't know about you guys, but I consider that to be a desparate move no matter who's involved. I'll hold off for the inevitable bundled GOTY-esque version. Although, knowing Nintendo, it'll take a heck of an unreasonably long time for that day to come. Which works for me - that means I won't be financially rewarding what I consider to be a bad move within a timeframe that matters to their bottomline.
A litle uh...a little early for that. Like, I think if you cut that 30+ day wait to about 3 and a half, thereabouts, you might be fine. I mean, I know I've tried shopping in New York City, it's not easy. But you know what else isn't easy? Winter. And we got at least 30 more days of that ****.
Heck, even pack-in party games like Wii Play were wastes of time, IMO. Not to say this is guaranteed to be the same experience, but it isn't far removed enough for me to consider it even if it came free with the console - and as a standalone priced at $50, it may as well be wallpaper for the Gamestop shelf.
@World Where did you find that spoiler? I could only find spoiler-free guides and reviews after a couple searches. It's as if the internet doesn't want me to know it, but I have to know...without actually having to play it, because that wouud require spending $7 and about 20+ hours on a mediocre RPG, and I've had my fill of those just last year.
Think I'll get Bomberman '94. The only Bomberman game got is currently stuck on the Wii VC (Bomberman '93, same as @chiefeagle02 and I guess a couple others here). I still want Bomberman Heroes on the Wii U VC, though...
@AlexSora89 It also turned out that I needed to pick up a new inhaler at the pharmacy before they closed, and the one I had was almost used up. So yeah, you definitely helped.
I'm certainly not miffed about Stories not doing well, I can tell you that. No need to put out a cynically childish spin-off just to appeal the exact opposite of your series' intended audience, Capcom. Spin-offs are supposed to get new potential fans interested in a franchise, not some peace offering to the desenters. Why would those kids buy it when it had to compete with Yokai Watch 3 and Puzzle & Dragons X? Let alone Pokemon Sun & Moon? Because you made a kids' show for it? Geez...how cynical can you get about your own customers?
Hopefully Double Cross continues to impress, so they don't even consider making the same mistake again any time soon.
You know, this doesn't sound too bad, and since I have a New 3DS, at least it won't be as much of a graphical downgrade. I'm still keeping my Wii U version for that reason alone, but I might pick up this version if I ever find it for under $30 someday. The lack of local co-op is a non-issue for me, so it sounds like the same game, but with more features (and a graphical downgrade that it tries to make up for with stereoscopic 3D), all on a portable system. I could dig that.
@PlywoodStick Hey, I'm not saying that's the case here, just that it would probably require an extreme case to have 6-month delay here, and somebody's gonna look bad for it.
@Spoony_Tech That'd be a long wait...they better not take that long just because it'd spell a problem with porting to the Nintendo Switch. And/or prove they're incompetant programmers.
@DeltaPeng Oh, so I wasn't the only one feeling a strong and vaguely uncomfortable sense of deja vu with all of the character and monster designs? That's good. I was starting to wonder if the bag grammar was literally driving me insane.
Oh hey! Max Steel's back! I remember that show...it doesn't look that different, but at this point, that's a plus.
Not much to say about Mega Man from less than 5 seconds of footage, except...Mega Man has really odd body proportions. Like, in general. I dunno why I'm only now noticing that...
@TromboneGamer Yeah, I can't get over it. Never could. I've had to look at it in articles and trailer reels for over 5 years now. I still have to resist the urge to puke every single time I see it. If anything, knowing it might be a fun game just makes it worse for me, because now there's at least the slightest hint of temptation to play it, despite knowing full well that its aesthetics will ruin any enjoyment I could possibly gleam from it.
Honestly, if it's machine translated, they could've been talking about fish and we wouldn't know. I'm gonna wait for some official word on the subject from NOA or NOE, rather than from foriegn interviews that fans couldn't even be @$$ed to translate...
...those weren't exactly fair comparisons. Heck, they weren't exactly good screenshots...whatever, it's a Musou game, performance and enemy count matters more than textures. It's never been the most detailed game, but it sure as hell knows how to handle handle having a lot of stuff on-screen at once. If that takes a hit, then I'll be worried.
Hey, so long as it doesn't take literally all day to install? I'll deal with it. I have been forced through far worse ringers on Sony platforms, nevermind the PC.
Nothing matters, it's Nintendo! Everyone must buy it, or else I'll have to get a bigger soapbox to scream from!
I get that specs aren't end-all, even for the developers, but at this point...Nintendo is fighting a monstrously uphill battle. Every positive box they can tick while still staying affordable would help, dontcha think?
Ugh, the 3DS list = 5 games I really should be playing right now, but I'm tired as $#!+ and waiting for my apartment to cool down...next time, I'm looking for a place that charges for heat. I cannot tolerate a room that is 80 degrees, and the only way I can fix it is to turn off the radiators, until it gets too cold.
@Zeldeo That...I know who they are. If they were founded back in 1997, what were they doing for 13 years? That link certainly didn't offer any clues. :/
I didn't appreciate the frequent wobbling of the gameplay footage in an exaggerated attempt to simulate the old-skool crappiness of VHS tapes...but I did appreciate the everything else.
Ah, that takes me back...I remember looking at those in Nintendo Power all those years ago...I was really excited, since it looked at lot like one of the "handhelds" my bro and I used to make out of cardboard and construction paper...
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Re: Eiji Aonuma Wants an 'Evolved 2D Style' From His Legend of Zelda Handheld Dev Team
Good. I'd still love to see more Top-Down Zelda games in the future.
Re: Nintendo Confirms Expansion Pass DLC for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
@Kirgo Bah, even if it was a really good, meaty dungeon & story content, I personally would rather that I pay less for it. But maybe that's just me and price-consciousness talking. I swear, if I could get a 1-dollar burger from McDonalds that was just a bun and a piece of cheese, I'd buy 3 on my way back from the Grocery store after buying a 6-oz pack of discount beef...
Re: Nintendo Confirms Expansion Pass DLC for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
@Kirgo Oh yeah, I'm not gonna say the main game is worth less without it. However, I don't think the Season Pass is even remotely worth $20. I would be less peeved if they didn't outright say "we won't be offering the content packs separately". That's just me, though, and even if I could only get pack #2, I'd still wait a while to see if I could get it on sale, mostly because I have other games to play.
Re: Nintendo Confirms Expansion Pass DLC for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
@JaxonH Yeah, I realized that after I wrote the first paragraph, and the edit was suposed to reflect that. I forgot that edits don't show up unless you refresh the page, though.
Re: Nintendo Confirms Expansion Pass DLC for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
@JaxonH What do you mean "not enough to count on"? If I wait say...15 months, and there's still no GOTY edition? I can still buy it, and I can still play it. And once I've played it, I can still get the DLC. What have I lost from being patient?
Like, I'm not even angry that DLC exists, personally - I meant to point that out in my previous post, and I guess your point was more directed at people who are mad about lacking on-disc content. I thought you meant that you'll still have to buy stuff separately, and will never get a complete package with a single purchase. At this point, there's not enough room on the discs themselves to handle everything on one disc, especially for stuff like Dragon Age.
Re: Nintendo Confirms Expansion Pass DLC for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
@JaxonH "Once you accept it and know you will never, ever, ever have a game collection all on disc ever again, it makes it easy to get past."
It's an accepted thing that companies will release "definitive editions" over a year after the initial release, the Season pass just gets it to you sooner for the people who can't wait. What you're "accepting" is bullcrap.
Re: Nintendo Confirms Expansion Pass DLC for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
@Kirgo They're "offering" modes that have been traditionally included with other entries as a standard part of the package, a free in-game promotional T-Shirt and some ambiguous story content that probably won't be revealed until about 3 months after the Season Pass has been available. How are they not withholding content here?
And let's not forget that none of it will be available to download separately (at least according to Nintendo, so take that for what you will at this point), and you have a $20 pre-order for an expansion that won't release until the Summer. I don't know about you guys, but I consider that to be a desparate move no matter who's involved. I'll hold off for the inevitable bundled GOTY-esque version. Although, knowing Nintendo, it'll take a heck of an unreasonably long time for that day to come. Which works for me - that means I won't be financially rewarding what I consider to be a bad move within a timeframe that matters to their bottomline.
Re: Nintendo Confirms Expansion Pass DLC for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Well, it'll give me a reason to double-dip when I get it on the Ninty Switch in...4 or 5 years. Maybe.
Re: The Castlevania Netflix Series Will Be Based on Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
I think that the producer shouldn't have lent his phone to his son without signing out of Twitter, first...
Re: Steel Empire Gets Permanent Price Drop In North America
Freakin' finally! That's how it should've been in the first place. You guys way overpaid your devs considering what were gonna get out of it.
Re: Nintendo Download: 9th February (North America)
I think it's telling when an anime seems like the most appealing addition to the eShop update...
Au revoir, eShop. You had a good run. And a terrible, terrible layout and search functions.
Re: Review: Fire Emblem Heroes (Mobile)
Sounds like the same kind if F2P bullcrap that Ninty's released before. So, eff the shiz, I'm out...
Re: Arc System Works Is Reviving The Jake Hunter Series On Nintendo 3DS
Oh cool, and I was just lamenting the fact that we didn't have enough detective adventures on the 3DS not too long ago. I hope it comes to the US.
Re: Isaiah TriForce Johnson and Captain Nintendo Dude Get in Line for the Nintendo Switch Launch
A litle uh...a little early for that. Like, I think if you cut that 30+ day wait to about 3 and a half, thereabouts, you might be fine. I mean, I know I've tried shopping in New York City, it's not easy. But you know what else isn't easy? Winter. And we got at least 30 more days of that ****.
Re: Soapbox: Think of 1-2-Switch as Less of a "Video Game" and Suddenly It Gets Better
Heck, even pack-in party games like Wii Play were wastes of time, IMO. Not to say this is guaranteed to be the same experience, but it isn't far removed enough for me to consider it even if it came free with the console - and as a standalone priced at $50, it may as well be wallpaper for the Gamestop shelf.
Re: Super Famicom Title 3x3 Eyes: Jūma Hōkan Gets Translated To English
Nice, that was one I was looking forward to.
Re: Nintendo Download: 2nd February (North America)
@World Thanks. Yeah, that'd be a tough pill to swallow. I'll admire the gaul, at least, but at the same time, now I know I won't be playing it.
Re: Nintendo Download: 2nd February (North America)
@World Where did you find that spoiler? I could only find spoiler-free guides and reviews after a couple searches. It's as if the internet doesn't want me to know it, but I have to know...without actually having to play it, because that wouud require spending $7 and about 20+ hours on a mediocre RPG, and I've had my fill of those just last year.
Re: Nintendo Download: 2nd February (North America)
Think I'll get Bomberman '94. The only Bomberman game got is currently stuck on the Wii VC (Bomberman '93, same as @chiefeagle02 and I guess a couple others here). I still want Bomberman Heroes on the Wii U VC, though...
Re: After Eight Years, The Fan-Made Mega Man 2.5D Is Finally Here
@AlexSora89 It also turned out that I needed to pick up a new inhaler at the pharmacy before they closed, and the one I had was almost used up. So yeah, you definitely helped.
Re: After Eight Years, The Fan-Made Mega Man 2.5D Is Finally Here
Oh hey! I remember this! And I was just thinking about it the other day, too. I'll grab it while I can.
Also: @AlexSora89 thank you for reminding me to take my inhaler today. I almost forgot. O_O
Re: Capcom Admits Monster Hunter Stories Performed Below Expectations
I'm certainly not miffed about Stories not doing well, I can tell you that. No need to put out a cynically childish spin-off just to appeal the exact opposite of your series' intended audience, Capcom. Spin-offs are supposed to get new potential fans interested in a franchise, not some peace offering to the desenters. Why would those kids buy it when it had to compete with Yokai Watch 3 and Puzzle & Dragons X? Let alone Pokemon Sun & Moon? Because you made a kids' show for it? Geez...how cynical can you get about your own customers?
Hopefully Double Cross continues to impress, so they don't even consider making the same mistake again any time soon.
Re: Review: Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World (3DS)
You know, this doesn't sound too bad, and since I have a New 3DS, at least it won't be as much of a graphical downgrade. I'm still keeping my Wii U version for that reason alone, but I might pick up this version if I ever find it for under $30 someday. The lack of local co-op is a non-issue for me, so it sounds like the same game, but with more features (and a graphical downgrade that it tries to make up for with stereoscopic 3D), all on a portable system. I could dig that.
Re: Yooka-Laylee Formally Confirmed for Switch Along With Wii U Backer Options
@PlywoodStick Hey, I'm not saying that's the case here, just that it would probably require an extreme case to have 6-month delay here, and somebody's gonna look bad for it.
Re: Yooka-Laylee Formally Confirmed for Switch Along With Wii U Backer Options
@Spoony_Tech That'd be a long wait...they better not take that long just because it'd spell a problem with porting to the Nintendo Switch. And/or prove they're incompetant programmers.
Re: Soapbox: You're Going To Love ARMS, And Here's Why
"Soapbox: You're Going To Love ARMS, And Here's Why:"
...That's a pretty good argument, I think.
Re: Nintendo Download: 26th January (North America)
Little Ninja Brothers! I've been waiting a long time for that one! I'll download it right away!
Re: Ghost Blade HD Is Bringing Intense Bullet Hell Action To The Wii U eShop
Something looks really off about the art, but I can't quite put my finger on it...
Anyways, I like Shmups, especially bullet-hell, but I have enough that I don't think I need this one.
Re: Unity-Made RPG Moon Child Could Be Coming To Nintendo Switch
@DeltaPeng Oh, so I wasn't the only one feeling a strong and vaguely uncomfortable sense of deja vu with all of the character and monster designs? That's good. I was starting to wonder if the bag grammar was literally driving me insane.
Re: Unity-Made RPG Moon Child Could Be Coming To Nintendo Switch
Was the dialogue in that trailer...written by the computer voice that accompanied it?
Re: Two More 3DS Titles Are Joining the Nintendo Selects Range in North America
YES! I've been waiting for both of those to go down in price!
Re: Footage Of New Mega Man Cartoon Slips Out In Promotional Sizzle Reel
Oh hey! Max Steel's back! I remember that show...it doesn't look that different, but at this point, that's a plus.
Not much to say about Mega Man from less than 5 seconds of footage, except...Mega Man has really odd body proportions. Like, in general. I dunno why I'm only now noticing that...
Re: Feature: 10 Intriguing Third-Party Nintendo Switch Games for Your Wishlist
@TromboneGamer Yeah, I can't get over it. Never could. I've had to look at it in articles and trailer reels for over 5 years now. I still have to resist the urge to puke every single time I see it. If anything, knowing it might be a fun game just makes it worse for me, because now there's at least the slightest hint of temptation to play it, despite knowing full well that its aesthetics will ruin any enjoyment I could possibly gleam from it.
Re: Feature: 10 Intriguing Third-Party Nintendo Switch Games for Your Wishlist
Lookin' good! Even Frozenbyte's upcoming game looks enticing!
Except you, Binding of Isaac. WTF was that?! That looks horrible!
Re: Eiji Aonuma Confirms that Breath of the Wild Will Not Support a Japanese Dub Over English Subtitles
Honestly, if it's machine translated, they could've been talking about fish and we wouldn't know. I'm gonna wait for some official word on the subject from NOA or NOE, rather than from foriegn interviews that fans couldn't even be @$$ed to translate...
Re: Here's How Dragon Quest Heroes II On Switch Shapes Up Against The PS4 Version
...those weren't exactly fair comparisons. Heck, they weren't exactly good screenshots...whatever, it's a Musou game, performance and enemy count matters more than textures. It's never been the most detailed game, but it sure as hell knows how to handle handle having a lot of stuff on-screen at once. If that takes a hit, then I'll be worried.
Re: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Will Require a 3GB Install on Wii U
Hey, so long as it doesn't take literally all day to install? I'll deal with it. I have been forced through far worse ringers on Sony platforms, nevermind the PC.
Re: Gearbox CEO Doesn't See Borderlands 3 Coming To Nintendo Switch
...I didn't even notice they were making Borderlands 3...
Re: Guide: A Breakdown of Confirmed Nintendo Switch Games and Release Dates
The overall line-up is good, but that launch line-up...I'll have no trouble waiting a while before I pick up the Switch.
Re: Nintendo Switch Won't Have Miiverse Or StreetPass
That's fine. A positive even, at least in my book.
Re: Nintendo Download: 12th January (North America)
F-ZEROOOOOO X!!!!!!!!!
Freakin' finally! I guess that'll be my game for the night.
Re: Soapbox: The Nintendo Switch's Final Specs Don't Matter
Nothing matters, it's Nintendo! Everyone must buy it, or else I'll have to get a bigger soapbox to scream from!
I get that specs aren't end-all, even for the developers, but at this point...Nintendo is fighting a monstrously uphill battle. Every positive box they can tick while still staying affordable would help, dontcha think?
Re: Review: Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (3DS)
I already have the PS2 version, but I'm glad more people will get to enjoy this gem.
Re: A Trio Of Super Famicom RPG Classics Are Now Playable In English
I already have the first two groups bookmarked, I'll grab those two later. Glory of Hercules IV has been a hard wait...
Re: Feature: The Nintendo Life Game of the Year Awards 2016
Ugh, the 3DS list = 5 games I really should be playing right now, but I'm tired as $#!+ and waiting for my apartment to cool down...next time, I'm looking for a place that charges for heat. I cannot tolerate a room that is 80 degrees, and the only way I can fix it is to turn off the radiators, until it gets too cold.
Re: A New SteamWorld Project is Coming in 2017 as Image & Form Gears Up for Its 20th Anniversary
@Zeldeo I did miss that bit, okay.
Re: A New SteamWorld Project is Coming in 2017 as Image & Form Gears Up for Its 20th Anniversary
@Zeldeo That...I know who they are. If they were founded back in 1997, what were they doing for 13 years? That link certainly didn't offer any clues. :/
Re: Video: 80's Overdrive Continues To Look And Sound Totally Radical
I didn't appreciate the frequent wobbling of the gameplay footage in an exaggerated attempt to simulate the old-skool crappiness of VHS tapes...but I did appreciate the everything else.
Re: A New SteamWorld Project is Coming in 2017 as Image & Form Gears Up for Its 20th Anniversary
20th Anniversary? What have they been doing all this time?
Re: Retro: Check Out These Early Prototype Pictures of the Nintendo DS
Ah, that takes me back...I remember looking at those in Nintendo Power all those years ago...I was really excited, since it looked at lot like one of the "handhelds" my bro and I used to make out of cardboard and construction paper...