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@Serpenterror because the game comes out in two days.....?

@Slain not a fanboy at all. I've owned every console up until the Wii from Nintendo, every Microsoft console except the Series X, every Sony console, and every Sega console. I'm a GAME fan. I like video games.

I'm here because they talk about things that occasionally interest me, they talk about older games as well. You speak of fanboyism....yet the people here try to justify the paying of full console price for a Wii U peripheral. That's all the Switch is.

@Arawn93 I am right, and the numbers back me up.

@smiffo99 they really don't. They're good, but by no means the best. Not to mention their exclusive IP's have taken an extreme dip in quality in recent years.

@smiffo99 if being right makes me weird, then I guess you're right.

@Amsterdamsters no, they aren't actually. The PS5 is hands down the best-selling console available right now. The Switch didn't even beat the PS4 when it was still selling.

@somnambulance The Switch hasn't even outsold the PS4, let alone the PS2. The PS5 is on pace to outsell the PS4, which technically it already has in terms of how long it has been out. The only reason it wasn't higher is because of the chip shortage. The Switch is a scam console that people are falling for hook, line, and sinker simply because of the first-party IP's Nintendo has. Without them, the Switch would be an abysmal failure.

It's inferior hardware to all competition, overpriced even for the hardware it has, poorly designed, and bait and switched 3DS owners. Nintendo hasn't had an original idea since the Wii, and even that was debatable.

@YoshiF2 reboot and and reset actually mean two different things. Reboot means simply to shut something down and start it again. That's it.

@DaniPooo I literally provide Merriam Webster definitions. There's literally nothing else TO provide. The ONLY thing that matters is the definition of the words.

@Snatcher you or I could literally go edit that page he linked right this minute to say anything we wanted and literally nobody would "fact check" it from the site itself. They don't work that way. It says it right on the site. The only way it would change is if someone else came along edited the wiki. Literally anyone on planet Earth is allowed to edit any wiki page they want. That's how it was designed.

@Snatcher https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia#:~:text=The%20online%20encyclopedia%20does%20not,Wikipedia%20as%20a%20reliable%20source.

A link directly to a Wikipedia page on their own site where they state themselves that they are not a reliable source, and never will be. Not sure what delusions you're suffering from.

@DaniPooo because when you remake something, you're remaking the entire thing. Unless you do the whole thing, all you're doing is tweaking it. It's right in the definition...you make it anew.... it's brand new, meaning it can't be what it was, it will never be what it was.

@Snatcher in what world is Wikipedia a source? When has it EVER been a legitimate source? Literally ANYBODY can edit it with zero oversight or approval process. Wikipedia is not now, nor will it EVER be a respected or trusted source until only professionals can edit it with strong oversight and multiple approval processes. You can use it to FIND reliable and quality sources via the citations, but IT in and of itself is not and cannot be a source.

@DaniPooo

From Merriam-Webster:

reboot

a transitive + intransitive : to shut down and restart (a computer or program)

b intransitive : to start up again after closing or shutting down : to boot up again

Remake

transitive verb
: to make anew or in a different form

noun
: one that is remade

Notice how you conveniently ignored two of the words actual definitions to supposedly support your claims?

@Snatcher why would it be satire? Every tried citing Wikipedia as a source in a college paper or scientific journal? See how that works out for you.

My sources are the actual definitions of the words reboot and remake. So, by definition (see what I did there?) I am correct. You can do your own Internet searching. People call cling wrap/cellophane "Saran wrap" colloquially...but they're wrong. People say irregardless to the point that it was added to the dictionary erroneously just to make people feel less unintelligent. People use infer all the time when the proper word is imply. People use the wrong words every single day. Just because people SAY it, doesn't make it what it is.

I personally refuse to accept people's choice to use words that are incorrect/inaccurate. The definitions of words are absolutely paramount. So please, don't waste your time attempting to contradict fact.

@DaniPooo yeah, wikipedia isn't an actual source. It's a bunch of no-life nerds with a god complex. A reboot is taking old content and continuing it. A prime example of that is what Will and Grace did. Years off the air, picked up the same story and continued it on. The very word reboot means to shut down and start again. Notice a similarity there?

Final Fantasy VII followed the same story mostly but made some changes. The entire combat system, flow, pacing, animations, sound design, and ideas were completely changed. They REMADE it. Look at the actual word definitions for your answer.

@Azuris and those movies you mentioned changed the story. Cris Core is going to be a verbatim retelling of the same story, absolutely nothing changed.

@Snatcher it doesn't honestly matter what they are referring to. All that matters is what is factually true. One is a remake and one is a remaster. It's not really up for debate or opinion. That's what it IS. No story change? It's a remaster.

@Snatcher FF7 is a remake, and they changed the story. I even said it was a remake. If you're referring to Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, that is a remaster. They even say it in the description on the game box itself that it is a remaster.

@JaxonH I don't know if you're trolling, being deliberately obtuse, or something else entirely.....but the categorization absolutely matters. It is essential. It informs what customers do and do not purchase. Some people don't want to waste time on a remaster of a game they already played if there's nothing new. Some don't want anything about it to change in regards to the story. There is a very clear, very distinct, very important distinction there.

@DaniPooo no, a reboot is a continuation. You take something old, like an old TV show and or game franchise and revive it with a sequel/continuation. A remake is ANY change to story, no matter how extensive.

@JaxonH no, it VERY much matters. Changing of the story would completely change the game and for some would make it unplayable. Take a look at FF7 remake, because of the changes it is completely unplayable to some people (not me, I loved it). It is an extremely important distinction.

@Snatcher nope. A remake is a changing of everything. A complete rewrite of the story.

@DanijoEX it was a console way ahead of it's time, and a great console......but it was in fact a complete failure. It was the nail in Sega's coffin.

But definitely, RIP to him.

Very confused here, honestly. How hard is to buy a raspberry pi, load it up with games, and design a shell for it? How is "expensive" by any stretch? His whole statement is confusing to me.

@RandomNerds Breath of the Wild was uninspiring, tedious, and boring. Definitely not the best entry in the Zelda franchise by a long shot.

Except Chrono Cross is straight trash. Not just as a sequel, but as a game in general. Sooooo bad. Chrono Trigger on the other hand is one of the greatest video games of all time on any platform. Top 5 easily, an argument can easily be made for Top 3.

There are objective, factual criteria that make a good game and Chrono Cross misses on all of them.

@RR529 doubtful. I've met men and women that firmly stand by the idea that you can't even have FRIENDS of the opposite sex. You also aren't allowed to continue to be around your family members of the opposite sex if you want to date/marry them. I knew one guy who got pissed off his GF/date had a poster/picture of a football player on her wall (in uniform) and threatened to break up if they didn't take it down and throw it away. So this is NOT farfetched. The person probably deleted their account because they probably got harassed over this post and their entire world view was being attacked in their eyes. This is completely believable.

@RubyCarbuncle I am 100% with you on this. I have never understood the purpose of mobile gaming devices in general. Gameboy, DS, Game Gear, PSP, any of them. I found them all pointless unless they had some sort exclusive game such as Pokemon. To me the point of a video game is to sit and relax in a comfy couch or chair and enjoy what is happening in the game. Scrunched up on a tiny screen, with horrible controls is NOT a good time, AT ALL. I am completely dumbfounded over this hype for the Steam Deck as well.

You will never convince me that playing a game on inferior hardware, with inferior controls, in a less than comfortable space is ever a good thing. There has never been a game in history good enough to justify that, not even Stardew Valley.