I'm going to remain optimistic about this. Square localized Adventures of Mana (the FFA remake) on mobile and the Vita so I don't see why they wouldn't localize this.
That said, a higher price wouldn't surprise me. Square is one of those developers that charges a premium for nostalgia.
All in all, I think the system itself looks fine. Being a portable console at its core, it most definitely appeals to me, and I will be purchasing one in the future. However, the game launch lineup is dreadful. Next to none of the games interest me in the slightest, with the only one being Zelda (which I already have pre-ordered on the Wii U). Non-launch games I would want include Skyrim (say what you will, but portable Skyrim is incredibly appealing to me, special edition or not), Mario Odyssey, and Sonic Mania (which I may be getting on PS4 if I don't have a Switch by then), and that's not a lot. It's something I'm definitely interested in, just not something I'll buy right away.
Since clearing out the story and filling the Alola Pokedex I haven't been playing. At this point, at least as far as Sun is concerned, I'm waiting for the Box update so that I can start working on filling up the National Pokedex.
I think it's funny how people seem to imply that Dracula X for SNES was bad. Not as good as Castlevania 4 or the PC Engine CD original version to be sure, but certainly not a bad game for what it is.
I've always subscribed to the camp that believes that power doesn't matter too much as long as the games play well and are fun. Looking pretty should be a bonus, not the focus.
I know it's not the best or most popular game out there, but I do have a soft spot for Live A Live. It really is too bad that it will never make it over here.
I may look at getting one of these at some point. I like my original SupaBoy as it is, but I would like to legitimately play games like Terranigma at some point.
Looking pretty good so far, though I am disappointed that the gym system is being replaced by the Island Trials or whatever, rather than running alongside them.
I've stopped bothering with it. Like most, I got WarioWare and Zelda Picross and I was done. All the discounts are for things I either don't want or already have, and everything else is for Miitomo, which I am never going to play.
In all honesty, I don't care about the NX anymore. I'm fine with what I have now, and they haven't even hinted at any exclusive games that I would be excited for. It'll probably be like with the Wii U and I'll get one a couple of years after it comes out and there are more than two games I want for it.
@MarcelRguez I always remember Wario Land. The first is one of my all-time favorite games, and I'm currently playing through Wario Land 2.
I can think of lots of games that I would like to see on the NX, but at the same time, I know what kind of games we're probably going to get: [Insert beloved franchise here]: Forced Gimmick edition, and another "New" Super Mario Brothers game. Oh, and whatever they're going to call the 9the Mario Kart game.
I read the last part as "[...]you'll be able 'to use the Nintendo 3DS' camera to take pictures [of Nicolas Cage] and fuse them with Dragon Ball characters or trade special moves with nearby players.'"
I don't even know why I bother to keep collecting the platinum coins. I got WarioWare and Zelda Picross. All that's left are giveaways and discounts for games I either already have or don't want, or stuff for Miitomo, which I never bothered with.
This would have been a whole lot less likely to have gotten a cease and desist, I think. While this is a Pokémon game, it doesn't copy any of the official games in story, region, or any other details like that, and thus wouldn't necessarily cut into official Pokémon sales. Compare this with AM2R, a game that was very much the exact same game (albeit with a few things added) as Metroid 2, a game that is still available for purchase from Nintendo. That could have cut into sales of the Virtual Console release, as a better version of the game would have been available for free.
I gave up on Sticker Star when it berated me for "not being prepared" to fight a boss when I was given zero info on what to expect until after I was in the boss battle. Not to mention that the gameplay progression was way too disjointed for me, and the battle system sucked. Sorry, but I've given up on this series.
I would love this game if I could get it to work. I played it once after I downloaded it, and the next day the servers were down. Since then I haven't even gotten server errors, the darn thing doesn't even seem to want to try and connect. After about five minutes of the spinning Pokeball on the screen, I tried turning it off and on again. Nothing. I tried deleting and reinstalling. Nothing. Maybe I'll come back to it once I know it works properly, but I'm to frustrated with it at this point and I'm not even going to bother wasting any more of my time to try and make it work.
Sorry, Mr. Miyamoto, but no. I played this game for about 10 minutes and the control was so terrible I had to turn it off and get rid of it. I wouldn't mind using the game pad to aim and shoot if I was sitting still like in the 3DS Zelda remakes, but using that to turn in conjunction with stick control was just plain awful. I'm sorry, but if I have to "get used to" a control scheme to think that it's good, it's not good. It's counter-intuitive, it's not fun, and it just chalked up as another forced gimmick that ruined another potentially good game.
I want to be excited for this game. I really do. The main thing that's holding me back is that I know the story is going to be the same as it has been since Gen 3: Evil Team wants to revive your version's legendary God Pokemon and use its abilities to overwrite the world based on their best interests. I may pick this up sometime down the road (and choose Rowlet), but for now I'm reserving my judgement until more info is available.
Off screen play is the main thing I do with the Wii U, mainly since I'm more of a portable gamer anyway and I like playing games while watching TV or whatever. As much as the games do look better on the TV, I still think the screen is good enough from what I've played and I've never had any issues.
I'll purchase a game digitally if I know for a fact I'm going to like it enough to never get rid of it, and get physically if applicable for other stuff. That way, if I don't like something, I can get rid of it and at least recuperate some of my losses. However, there have been times when I've downloaded stuff that was on sale for like 5 bucks.
This actually doesn't look too bad to me. This probably won't be a game I play too often over other things, but I think I'll still have some fun with it.
I'm definitely getting Xenoblade and Mario Maker (need to look more into Star Fox before making a decision on that, and Lego Dimensions I'm getting on PS4), but I picked Xenoblade because it releases on my birthday.
I was pleasantly surprised with this. I was initially skeptical about having a Rumble game as F2P, as I really like the previous games (especially Blast) and was looking forward to a "full" release of a Gen 6 Rumble game. However, I found this game is great in short bursts. I'm content with playing until I'm out of balloons and then taking a break, and there are plenty of opportunities for free diamonds, so I can get all the fun out of it without paying a dime.
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Re: Seiken Densetsu Collection Announced For Nintendo Switch
I'm going to remain optimistic about this. Square localized Adventures of Mana (the FFA remake) on mobile and the Vita so I don't see why they wouldn't localize this.
That said, a higher price wouldn't surprise me. Square is one of those developers that charges a premium for nostalgia.
Re: Bethesda's Todd Howard "Can't Say" If Skyrim on Switch is the Special Edition
I don't care what edition it is. Just the notion of portable Skyrim is enough to make me sign up.
Re: Poll: What Are Your Nintendo Switch Pre-Order and Launch Day Plans?
@abbyhitter This.
Re: Poll: A Week On, How Do You Feel About the Nintendo Switch?
All in all, I think the system itself looks fine. Being a portable console at its core, it most definitely appeals to me, and I will be purchasing one in the future. However, the game launch lineup is dreadful. Next to none of the games interest me in the slightest, with the only one being Zelda (which I already have pre-ordered on the Wii U). Non-launch games I would want include Skyrim (say what you will, but portable Skyrim is incredibly appealing to me, special edition or not), Mario Odyssey, and Sonic Mania (which I may be getting on PS4 if I don't have a Switch by then), and that's not a lot. It's something I'm definitely interested in, just not something I'll buy right away.
Re: Pokémon Sun And Moon's Second Global Mission Ends In Failure
Since clearing out the story and filling the Alola Pokedex I haven't been playing. At this point, at least as far as Sun is concerned, I'm waiting for the Box update so that I can start working on filling up the National Pokedex.
Re: Rumour: Mother 3 Will Be Unveiled for the Switch VC at the Switch Reveal Next Week
Again, I'll believe it when I see it. Also, she didn't say for Western VC.
Re: Nintendo Download: 29th December (North America)
I think it's funny how people seem to imply that Dracula X for SNES was bad. Not as good as Castlevania 4 or the PC Engine CD original version to be sure, but certainly not a bad game for what it is.
Re: The Nintendo Switch Power Debate is Back - Report Suggests It Won't Quite Match PS4
I've always subscribed to the camp that believes that power doesn't matter too much as long as the games play well and are fun. Looking pretty should be a bonus, not the focus.
Re: Six New SNES Titles Hit The New 3DS Virtual Console In Japan
I know it's not the best or most popular game out there, but I do have a soft spot for Live A Live. It really is too bad that it will never make it over here.
Re: Hyperkin Supaboy S Promises Multi-Region SNES Gaming On The Go
I may look at getting one of these at some point. I like my original SupaBoy as it is, but I would like to legitimately play games like Terranigma at some point.
Re: Hands On: Checking Out A New Generation In Pokémon Sun and Moon
Looking pretty good so far, though I am disappointed that the gym system is being replaced by the Island Trials or whatever, rather than running alongside them.
Re: Random: Game Boy Compatibility Warning Screens Are The Best
Game Boy Pocket didn't have the nub that slid across, only the original Game Boy models did.
Re: Poll: Six Months On - How Do You Feel About My Nintendo?
I've stopped bothering with it. Like most, I got WarioWare and Zelda Picross and I was done. All the discounts are for things I either don't want or already have, and everything else is for Miitomo, which I am never going to play.
Re: Talking Point: Nintendo Has No Set Formula for Hardware Reveals, But NX is Testing Fans' Patience
In all honesty, I don't care about the NX anymore. I'm fine with what I have now, and they haven't even hinted at any exclusive games that I would be excited for. It'll probably be like with the Wii U and I'll get one a couple of years after it comes out and there are more than two games I want for it.
Re: Feature: Five Franchises That Deserve A Fresh Chance on the Nintendo NX
@MarcelRguez I always remember Wario Land. The first is one of my all-time favorite games, and I'm currently playing through Wario Land 2.
I can think of lots of games that I would like to see on the NX, but at the same time, I know what kind of games we're probably going to get: [Insert beloved franchise here]: Forced Gimmick edition, and another "New" Super Mario Brothers game. Oh, and whatever they're going to call the 9the Mario Kart game.
Re: Dragon Ball Fusions Arrives in North America This Year, Europe Shortly After
I read the last part as "[...]you'll be able 'to use the Nintendo 3DS' camera to take pictures [of Nicolas Cage] and fuse them with Dragon Ball characters or trade special moves with nearby players.'"
Re: My Nintendo Extends Validity Period for Gold Points
I don't even know why I bother to keep collecting the platinum coins. I got WarioWare and Zelda Picross. All that's left are giveaways and discounts for games I either already have or don't want, or stuff for Miitomo, which I never bothered with.
Re: Hobonichi Techo's 2017 Product Lineup Features Plenty Of Mother(ly) Love
I'm seriously considering buying one of these.
Re: The Nintendo 3DS Is Getting A New RPG Maker Game
I hope this gets released over here. I've had the RPG Maker on PS1 for a long time now and it's super fun.
Re: Four New Pokémon Revealed For Pokémon Sun And Moon
I think the sandcastles' ability is pretty clever.
Re: Italian Bishop Likens Pokémon GO To Nazism, Claims It Turns Players Into "Walking Dead"
It's popular and it's not the thing that we represent! Ergo, it MUST be evil!
Re: New Pokémon Revealed in Gamescom Sun and Moon Presentation
You're Turtonated.
Re: Fan-Made Title Pokémon Uranium Withdrawn By Creators Following Cease And Desist Fears
This would have been a whole lot less likely to have gotten a cease and desist, I think. While this is a Pokémon game, it doesn't copy any of the official games in story, region, or any other details like that, and thus wouldn't necessarily cut into official Pokémon sales. Compare this with AM2R, a game that was very much the exact same game (albeit with a few things added) as Metroid 2, a game that is still available for purchase from Nintendo. That could have cut into sales of the Virtual Console release, as a better version of the game would have been available for free.
Re: The Latest Super Sentai 3DS Tie-In Tries to Make Tile Matching Exciting
No thanks. I was tricked into buying the Gokaiger game for DS a few years back and I'm still regretting it.
Re: Celebrate 30 Years of Metroid With The Fan-Made "AM2R"
They made it so that the Chozo ruins background music isn't ear-bleeding terrible to listen to? What sorcery is this!?
Re: New Pokémon, Areas, Trials and 'Z-Moves' Are Revealed for Pokémon Sun and Moon
I'm actually hoping that the Island Challenge is there in addition to the gyms and not replacing them.
Re: Poll: Will You Still Be Playing Pokémon GO at the End of 2016?
I fell out of it. It doesn't really work well with my lifestyle.
Re: Weirdness: Shadow the Hedgehog is Rather Foul-Mouthed in Mario & Sonic at the Rio Olympics
"Tabloids always exaggerate - Shadow is no-one's favourite character."
This.
Re: Hands On: Painting a Clearer Picture of Paper Mario: Color Splash
I gave up on Sticker Star when it berated me for "not being prepared" to fight a boss when I was given zero info on what to expect until after I was in the boss battle. Not to mention that the gameplay progression was way too disjointed for me, and the battle system sucked. Sorry, but I've given up on this series.
Re: Pokémon GO Success Causes Nintendo Share Price To Surge, But Teething Troubles Frustrate
I would love this game if I could get it to work. I played it once after I downloaded it, and the next day the servers were down. Since then I haven't even gotten server errors, the darn thing doesn't even seem to want to try and connect. After about five minutes of the spinning Pokeball on the screen, I tried turning it off and on again. Nothing. I tried deleting and reinstalling. Nothing. Maybe I'll come back to it once I know it works properly, but I'm to frustrated with it at this point and I'm not even going to bother wasting any more of my time to try and make it work.
Re: Shigeru Miyamoto Thinks You Should Give Star Fox Zero Another Try
Sorry, Mr. Miyamoto, but no. I played this game for about 10 minutes and the control was so terrible I had to turn it off and get rid of it. I wouldn't mind using the game pad to aim and shoot if I was sitting still like in the 3DS Zelda remakes, but using that to turn in conjunction with stick control was just plain awful. I'm sorry, but if I have to "get used to" a control scheme to think that it's good, it's not good. It's counter-intuitive, it's not fun, and it just chalked up as another forced gimmick that ruined another potentially good game.
Re: My Nintendo Really Wants You To Use Miitomo, But Only Offers 2 Points in New Daily 'Mission'
Yeah, I wasn't interested in Tomodachi Life, nothing you do is going to make me interested in this.
Re: Video: Enjoy Some More Pokémon Hype in This Trailer for Pokémon Ga-Olé
Ganbaride: Pokemon Edition!
Re: Meet The Edgy And Mature Fan-Made Pokémon Game That Aims To "Fix" The Series
Yeah, the last time I saw someone trying to make a game series more "mature", we got Shadow the Hedgehog. No thanks.
Re: Poll: Did The First Pokémon: Sun and Moon Trailers and Starter Pokémon Get You Excited?
I want to be excited for this game. I really do. The main thing that's holding me back is that I know the story is going to be the same as it has been since Gen 3: Evil Team wants to revive your version's legendary God Pokemon and use its abilities to overwrite the world based on their best interests. I may pick this up sometime down the road (and choose Rowlet), but for now I'm reserving my judgement until more info is available.
Re: A Wii U Homebrew Channel Opens Up New Possibilities for Some Cheeky Gamers
I sense stability on the way...
Re: Poll: The Wii U GamePad - Where Do You Stand on Nintendo's Hefty Controller?
Off screen play is the main thing I do with the Wii U, mainly since I'm more of a portable gamer anyway and I like playing games while watching TV or whatever. As much as the games do look better on the TV, I still think the screen is good enough from what I've played and I've never had any issues.
Re: Nintendo Handheld Patent Focuses on Infrared and Gesture Recognition Technology
And every game for the first year or so of the console's tenure will be forced to use this technology in some way, shape, or form.
Re: Poll: The World Can't Get Enough Of Pokémon Yellow, But Which One Did You Buy?
I'm still debating whether or not I'm going to bother getting one. If I do, it will be Red, same as what I had when I was younger.
Re: Video: See the Very First Wii U & 3DS Game to Use Every Single amiibo
Thanks, Alex. Now I know what to nickname my Shovel Knight amiibo.
Re: Pokémon's Ash And Gary Are Getting The Nendoroid Treatment
Actually, their names are... nevermind, I'll see myself out.
Re: Rumour: Nintendo Has Plans to Localise Mother 3 This Year
Let me know if this release is actually confirmed. THEN I'll be excited.
Re: Rumour: Intelligent Systems Is Working On New Paper Mario For Wii U
New Paper Mario! Now with even less RPG!
Re: Legend of Zelda Maker Fan Project is Currently in Development
Well, it will be Zelda's 30th anniversary soon. Maybe Nintendo will come up with their own version.
Re: Poll: The Tricky Issue of Retail Games as Download-Only Releases
I'll purchase a game digitally if I know for a fact I'm going to like it enough to never get rid of it, and get physically if applicable for other stuff. That way, if I don't like something, I can get rid of it and at least recuperate some of my losses. However, there have been times when I've downloaded stuff that was on sale for like 5 bucks.
Re: Video: This is How Single Player Works in The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes
This actually doesn't look too bad to me. This probably won't be a game I play too often over other things, but I think I'll still have some fun with it.
Re: Feature: The Biggest Wii U Retail Games of 2015 - Summer Edition
I'm definitely getting Xenoblade and Mario Maker (need to look more into Star Fox before making a decision on that, and Lego Dimensions I'm getting on PS4), but I picked Xenoblade because it releases on my birthday.
Re: Science Museum in Tokyo Aiming for Super Effective Education With The Pokémon Lab
You do it! You discover!
Re: Review: Pokémon Rumble World (3DS eShop)
I was pleasantly surprised with this. I was initially skeptical about having a Rumble game as F2P, as I really like the previous games (especially Blast) and was looking forward to a "full" release of a Gen 6 Rumble game. However, I found this game is great in short bursts. I'm content with playing until I'm out of balloons and then taking a break, and there are plenty of opportunities for free diamonds, so I can get all the fun out of it without paying a dime.
Re: Sales Fall Away in Japan as Xenoblade Chronicles 3D Drops to Ninth
I guess they're not really feeling it.
...I'll see myself out...