It never bothered me, but the game is so easily borkable with a few echoes anyway so I really only used those for most of the game. Still a fun lighthearted game in the series though. Hopefully they use the concept again and develop it a little further.
@Zuljaras 100%. I had to be a late adopter as a kid but I've kept it up ever since trying to get a GameCube at launch. No thank you to any of that noise. A casual low stress pick up with a much bigger library to enjoy and any launch issues ironed out is the way to go every time.
This prospect somehow sounds even more boring than watching a stream of someone play Pokemon. Like, it's the game I played one handed in high school because school was boring as hell and it's the game I'll play while doing other stuff today similarly to pass the time. I can't imagine any circumstances where I'd willingly watch someone else, human or AI, play this.
Weird article when the biggest reason to not get a Switch 2 yet is owning an OLED Switch 1. Last time around we had a failed console and a newcomer that was iterating on said failed console's best concepts. Early adoption is especially for the birds this time around.
I was just going to say it would be funny if whoever they pick goes on some rants about damsel in distress trope, but it looks like that point is covered and also set on fire lol
Only thing I'm not looking forward to with this movie is the inevitable extreme reactions regardless of who is picked and how the movie turns out. I plan to put my head in the sand about any and all coverage in the lead up. I just want to enjoy the novelty of a Zelda movie, same as Mario.
@RupeeClock as if most every app and your phone itself isn't already tracking your every move, input, and ingesting every word you and anyone nearby speaks aloud.
Woomy. That soundtrack has been my jam for years. And just like the games themselves the music of the second and third entries never grabbed me the same way. Definitive beautiful Wii U days.
lol the pearl clutching, won't anyone please think of the person who dropped $500 on a console yet somehow can't get to a place with wifi for activation? Assuming this imaginary definitely imaginary person has no home internet / has no phone capable of making a hotspot, there's always options. I live in a single stoplight unincorporated area that has massive deadzones, rickety lowbar 4G in the few good spots and even our podunk tiny coffee place has good free wifi.
I dunno. These games look pretty but honestly I'd rather put in my Dragon Warrior carts for the hundredth time or load up the GBC remakes on the Analogue Pocket. Some modern remakes I can get into but these games I don't want any of the sensory overload of modern gaming. Just looking at the screenshots makes me tired.
"Walmart and Target buckling under the weight of unprecedented demand." Is it really unprecedented though? The Wii, the Switch, and even the NES classic edition had pretty similar frenzies. They should have known at this point what a big Nintendo launch can be like.
Same marketing speak as ever, teed up by some nice softballs. I'm sure he's grateful the whole mountain being made out of the molehill in game cards is a nice distraction from LRG's latest in a line of blunders from a company supposedly devoted to delivering quality physical editions.
Still need to load up 7 on my 3DS. I think my rage quit of mk wii lasted so long that I passed on 7. MK8 is an interesting one. I played it to death on the Wii U especially as a fix between tending to a newborn. I should have loved Deluxe and I did buy it on launch but it just never grabbed me the same. The expansion pack courses were a fun novelty though it just felt like the same content repackaged over and over. It's been a staple playing with the kids, but I'm definitely ready for something new.
Might explain why like the story, the world of Xenoblade 3 put me to sleep. Whereas previous games very much including X I couldn't get enough of the gargantuan worlds. But then again I also fully explored The Depths in ToTK and loved every bit of it, which was probably a similar design so maybe Xeno 3 is just a big fat Ambien for other reasons altogether.
Great games. I love Star Stacker. And for some reason it's a ridiculously expensive CIB. I'm glad I kept my old one in the box / kinda wish I would have bought the whole rack when it was a $5 closeout.
Lol where was all this bravado against code in a box? Nintendo is still doing carts for their games. They're offering game key cards as an option for companies who were doing code in a box. Code in a box is objectively worse than a game key card at full retail price. All these companies are only joining on now with their holy crusade for physical media forever because they want to capitalize on the outrage and probably want to get into LRG's whale cookie jar.
I did know about all that but it's only a weird contrast when focusing on the Iwata and Reggie days, really. Yamauchi and the rest didn't give much of a toss about gaming (and certainly wouldn't have cared about gaming culture) or being family friendly. They cared about making money and shifting the company as needed to maximize profits. Atari and gaming was dirty and unregulated, so Nintendo being family friendly with the marketing genius seal of quality swooped in opportunistically. Just like he didn't care about baseball and never attended a game yet bought the Mariners.
Only explanation needed is that it's their character their IP. I never really liked looking at a big dumb gorilla in any game but DKC is fun, so whatever. He could be a big hunk of crap for all I care so long as the game is fun.
Had the chance to be part of the world's funniest tornadoes special. All the same it's fun to think how they'd have made more money working a real job than whatever meager profit they'll get from reselling.
Also yeah, why not. Makes as much sense as anything in the increasingly wacky world of FFVII. Even when it was just vanilla VII, I mostly loved that game as a Nobuo music and cool set piece delivery system.
Thought the whole purpose of staying with melee and tournament legal stages was specifically to avoid this exact scenario which is always parroted: a player has 20Gs on the line or whatever and they lose it to a random element because in real sporting events random elements are never a factor.
Shouldn't need a whole new console for that, but I'm glad it's happening. Having a Japanese account really clutters it up to where I don't even look at it.
Man I loved DS. Easily the best single player experience in a Mario Kart game with the missions and boss battles. The online gameplay was pretty solid too, and admittedly I did a lot of shameless Dry Bones in the tank snaking to obliterate the competition. Crazy to think I had to buy a little dongle for that because my house didn't have wifi yet.
Still haven't played Double Dash, but I have it loaded up on my Wii U to finally experience.
Wii can take a hike. I played it a lot at the time as it was the newest option but that rubber banding AI was so infuriating and the game in general just isn't nearly as tight or fun as what came after. I'm sure it was the first Mario Kart for a whole big swath of gamers and has huge nostalgic pull but I can't imagine ever playing again.
Lol the pearl clutching over this whole thing. It's a better option over code in a box for publishers who were very likely going to do code in a box. Nintendo is doing more for physical games preservation than any of the "forever physical!" grifty fomo companies with this move and their dedication to keeping their stuff in traditional carts - and they're the company that brought back game carts in the first place. Gamers lol.
Yeah, skeevy dating apps trying to use IP they don't own is not going to fly. Just a hunch but maybe it also has something to do with the whole Smash players not behaving themselves in this arena while at conventions.
Never been so glad to see UK only. My local McDonald's was a nightmare during this promotion when my kids just wanted to get their happy meals. Thank God they're not big into Pokemon and didn't care when the store ran out and used other stock for toys.
Already have amiibo of all these characters so I'm definitely good. Which is exactly why amiibo are great - affordable good looking miniatures of classic characters. Still don't know why a lot of people couldn't see that and instead either called them useless or whine about the NFC.
Can't wait to hear all the diatribes about how this doesn't provide thought provoking narratives and the intelligent deconstruction of the hero archetype which the Super Mario series is universally known for.
Lame company clinging to their silly ploy which was only ever about inducing fomo. Not that I can blame anyone for taking advantage of fools & their money, but their practices including selling crappy carts is, if anything, pushing more people towards digital when a prominent physical option is so very poor.
The one thing I was longshot hoping for the Switch 2 was bringing back dual screen play. Mouse control would be cool for Pikmin and Mario Maker but I can't get past how good those games played with the Wii U gamepad. Same as how I can't get into any other Splatoon games because they feel so hobbled without the extra screen. I really hope someday they'll make a gamepad peripheral again for docked play. It could also bring back the amazing experience of Hyrule Warriors co-op with one player on the pad and one on the tv. That setup could have led to some more great multiplayer innovations.
Reads like a bunch of awkward interactions all being spun out of context and hyped up to more than what it really is. Mahler isn't the most eloquent communicator and probably isn't helping anything but it's also a massive nothingburger of early access people being typical early access people by expecting a polished final product.
I typically like anything they make so I'll probably check this out. Not in early access though, as I am capable of understanding playing an unfinished game means playing an unfinished game. Couldn't care less that Mahler shoots his mouth off sometimes. I'm here to play games and have fun, not pretend I'm going to hang out with the creators and be best friends because they say and do the things I like.
Emulationbros getting all bunged up yet again by the big bad user agreement. Use a Switch for Switchy things, use I don't know one of the million other better powered devices on the market to do emulation things without the hassle. Pretty simple except when one has some weird perpetual high school need to fight the perceived authority figure.
Great article, I always love reading how games have helped people with their struggles. It's funny because when Celeste released and the discussions of how it was a great metaphor came up, I realized that's how I've been using video games my entire life. Kirby's Adventure was me figuring out how to find an identity and not being afraid to go full bore into anything no matter how ridiculous it seemed. Mega Man 3 was facing down every new year at a spirit-crushing elementary school by adapting and trying new forms of offensive defense. Dragon Warrior was going it ahead alone even into total darkness when a broken household offered no support or guidance. TOTK for me was learning to find agency and freedom to explore again in a life which seemingly was nothing but confined routines.
I love games but I don't buy a ton of games. I grew up poor and had to make a game last, which has continued where I play a game until I've truly tired of it before moving on. The 12 months after TOTK dropped I bought only that and Dredge. I've only grown more conservative with my game buying in the last decade, because nowadays I can easily watch a playthrough of any game that I'm mildly interested in and often times I won't buy it because the taste was enough. I have no interest in mindlessly consuming games and having a backlog, so the incoming hikes are annoying but they won't break my bank by a longshot.
Didn't preorder, no regrets. The Switch 1 was the earliest I've ever bought into a console at a few months in. And while I enjoyed it, I didn't really start using the thing until towards the end of the year. But I'm looking forward to the launch all the same.
Even if they had leaks with info worth a damn and even if they hadn't resorted to lying when their clout wasn't building fast enough, they should have known that the most celebrated leakers with the best information are still summarily dropped from interest the moment the official announcement is out. Anyone even remember the person who leaked the Trials of Mana localization/remake? What about that Smash fighters leaker, what fame and fortune are they rolling in? This chancer could have just been first in line to drop accessories with the knowledge they may or may not have had, and let the product speak for itself. Now Genki has a nice lawsuit from a notoriously litigious company who will bleed Genki even if the case doesn't go their way, a bit of ire from fickle gamers (a bunch one should never try to court this way), and no noticeable boost in sales or reputation.
Lol. Lmao. Lmfao, even. Nothingburger leaks of highly predictable iterative Switch 2 designs which irritate the community more than anything as it comes across as desperate clout grabs. Caught in a lie about having exclusive access to the new hardware. Puts out predictable accessories and gets no visible boost in clout or sales for all the shenanigans. Still gets sued in the end, and clearly isn't getting the AM2R-styles sympathy from gamers they probably thought would be worth angering Nintendo over.
Shocked this even gained traction. Square's comment about more Chrono back like 15 years ago was buy more CT DS and we'll see. The games are beloved but not so much by Square. Chrono left a huge bad taste in their mouths when Cross wasn't the next FFVII. CT DS was all of the 22nd best selling DS game of 2008 in Japan. These games don't do big numbers. And Squeenix's expectations of sales have only grown since then. It's a small miracle the Radical Dreamers edition and PC port even happened.
Top-tier? Maybe a long time ago. Those sites have long gone the way of Destructoid, hollowed out shells of their former goodness. The larger beast of games journalism is collapsing and good riddance. It can't be saved just like social media can't be saved. Blog style sites like the NL family with self-contained comment sections are all that can and should survive. Everything else was a big mistake.
Well that translator is getting fired lol. Granted, there's a lot of interpretation despite people think translating is a 1:1 machine operation, but if that's the dude's job he royally screwed up on something everyone will take and immediately run with.
Anyway, they'd Squeenix it up and probably turn the walk from Truce to Guardia Castle into a three-hour trek with pointless collectibles and sidequests, replace the concise battle system with overwrought parry mechanics, mess up the font text, change a bunch of lines, and add a crafting system. The lousy bolted on content in the DS and PSX versions already illustrated this game needed nothing else outside of maybe the map feature but even that is hugely superfluous given the game's straightforward area designs.
All they need to do is rerelease the original SNES version. Add the cutscenes as optional for weirdos who like to see the classic in-game cutscenes followed up with the exact same scene animated out before dumping back awkwardly to the game.
Lol Hollow Knight fans. Maybe more immediately bunged up than Undertale when someone doesn't understand the appeal. And like Undertale I found HK perfectly just alright, not crazy fantastic and not a bore but maybe a little bloated. But I love the Silksong drama. If this is limited to the museum before launch there certainly will be crazed fans spending outrageous sums just to be the first to experience it. I might pick up Silksong on a big sale someday but in the meantime it has made so much interesting free content.
Anyway. I kind of feel like I've been preparing for this my whole life. By this point I have enough video games and consoles to probably last me through old age especially considering the Pocket, Vita, Wii U, and various everdrives. I like to get new stuff of course but realistically I could play what I have right now until I die and be happy. It's like when the pandemic hit and my family suddenly didn't see me as so crazy for having held onto all the old video games they so readily left behind.
I say it as a big DK64 enjoyer who has the music streaming somewhat regularly from my server, I totally get why Nintendo and anyone else doesn't like that game and I'm not surprised at all it hasn't shown up. Though I do want it to show up on nso if only to enjoy a new wave of people agonizing over beaver bother and that one room in the ice cave cabin and having to do a one credit run of Donkey Kong & Jetpac.
On the credits, yeah that stinks but it's also business. My company doesn't credit anyone on products because they don't want someone credited giving the company a bad rep if they go on to say something silly on the Internet or whatever. I would guess Nintendo is being ultra protective of their extremely valuable IP by only giving credits like that to people whom they have absolutely zero doubt will always be in their court.
That's kinda cool but I really want that first person view, and not like the cart's first person view. It'd be rad to see the interior of the kart while driving. Maybe they'll add that with Labo 2 VR.
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Re: New Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Update Is Finally Fixing Its Most Frustrating Feature
It never bothered me, but the game is so easily borkable with a few echoes anyway so I really only used those for most of the game. Still a fun lighthearted game in the series though. Hopefully they use the concept again and develop it a little further.
Re: US Retailers Are Playing With Fire With More Switch 2 Cancellations
@Zuljaras 100%. I had to be a late adopter as a kid but I've kept it up ever since trying to get a GameCube at launch. No thank you to any of that noise. A casual low stress pick up with a much bigger library to enjoy and any launch issues ironed out is the way to go every time.
Re: Random: It Turns Out That AI Isn't Very Good At Pokémon Red
This prospect somehow sounds even more boring than watching a stream of someone play Pokemon. Like, it's the game I played one handed in high school because school was boring as hell and it's the game I'll play while doing other stuff today similarly to pass the time. I can't imagine any circumstances where I'd willingly watch someone else, human or AI, play this.
Re: Feature: Farewell, Nintendo Switch - It's Finally Time To Bid Our Old Friend 'Adieu'
Weird article when the biggest reason to not get a Switch 2 yet is owning an OLED Switch 1. Last time around we had a failed console and a newcomer that was iterating on said failed console's best concepts. Early adoption is especially for the birds this time around.
Re: Rumour: Zelda Live-Action Movie Eyes "Popular" Princess Pick
I was just going to say it would be funny if whoever they pick goes on some rants about damsel in distress trope, but it looks like that point is covered and also set on fire lol
Only thing I'm not looking forward to with this movie is the inevitable extreme reactions regardless of who is picked and how the movie turns out. I plan to put my head in the sand about any and all coverage in the lead up. I just want to enjoy the novelty of a Zelda movie, same as Mario.
Re: Nintendo Today! Update Lets You Link Your Own Schedule With Nintendo's
@RupeeClock as if most every app and your phone itself isn't already tracking your every move, input, and ingesting every word you and anyone nearby speaks aloud.
Re: A Video Showing The Switch 2's Boot Screens Has Been Shared Online
reallllly scraping the barrel to find things for those morsels of clout since Nintendo anticipated these idiots and ate their lunch
Re: Nintendo Music Celebrates 10 Years Of Splatoon, Here's Every Song Included
Woomy. That soundtrack has been my jam for years. And just like the games themselves the music of the second and third entries never grabbed me the same way. Definitive beautiful Wii U days.
Re: Switch 2 Units Are Allegedly Out In The Wild, But You Might Need An Update To Play Games
lol the pearl clutching, won't anyone please think of the person who dropped $500 on a console yet somehow can't get to a place with wifi for activation? Assuming this imaginary definitely imaginary person has no home internet / has no phone capable of making a hotspot, there's always options. I live in a single stoplight unincorporated area that has massive deadzones, rickety lowbar 4G in the few good spots and even our podunk tiny coffee place has good free wifi.
Re: Round Up: The Previews For Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake Are In
I dunno. These games look pretty but honestly I'd rather put in my Dragon Warrior carts for the hundredth time or load up the GBC remakes on the Analogue Pocket. Some modern remakes I can get into but these games I don't want any of the sensory overload of modern gaming. Just looking at the screenshots makes me tired.
Re: Nintendo Is Taking Even More Steps To Prevent Switch 2 Scalping In Japan
"Walmart and Target buckling under the weight of unprecedented demand." Is it really unprecedented though? The Wii, the Switch, and even the NES classic edition had pretty similar frenzies. They should have known at this point what a big Nintendo launch can be like.
Re: US Retailers Are Reportedly Starting To Receive Switch 2 Stock
So which store will have the first fool to do something stupid for five minutes of Internet clout?
Re: Nintendo Today! Update Prevents Users From Recording Promotional Videos
Big Nintendo, always stymieing the efforts of advertisement preservation. The Nintendo Today emulation scene will not go quietly into the night.
Re: Feature: Limited Run Talks Switch 2 Game-Key Cards, Huge Carts & Difficult Pitches
Same marketing speak as ever, teed up by some nice softballs. I'm sure he's grateful the whole mountain being made out of the molehill in game cards is a nice distraction from LRG's latest in a line of blunders from a company supposedly devoted to delivering quality physical editions.
Re: Feature: The Long & Rainbow Road To 'Mario Kart World' Part 3 - Final Lap
Still need to load up 7 on my 3DS. I think my rage quit of mk wii lasted so long that I passed on 7. MK8 is an interesting one. I played it to death on the Wii U especially as a fix between tending to a newborn. I should have loved Deluxe and I did buy it on launch but it just never grabbed me the same. The expansion pack courses were a fun novelty though it just felt like the same content repackaged over and over. It's been a staple playing with the kids, but I'm definitely ready for something new.
Re: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Dev Used Procedural Generation To Manage 100,000 Different Assets
Might explain why like the story, the world of Xenoblade 3 put me to sleep. Whereas previous games very much including X I couldn't get enough of the gargantuan worlds. But then again I also fully explored The Depths in ToTK and loved every bit of it, which was probably a similar design so maybe Xeno 3 is just a big fat Ambien for other reasons altogether.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's Game Boy Library With Four More Titles
Great games. I love Star Stacker. And for some reason it's a ridiculously expensive CIB. I'm glad I kept my old one in the box / kinda wish I would have bought the whole rack when it was a $5 closeout.
Re: Feature: "Game-Key Cards Don't Sit Right With Us" - Lost In Cult Dives Into Its New Physical Games Line
Lol where was all this bravado against code in a box? Nintendo is still doing carts for their games. They're offering game key cards as an option for companies who were doing code in a box. Code in a box is objectively worse than a game key card at full retail price. All these companies are only joining on now with their holy crusade for physical media forever because they want to capitalize on the outrage and probably want to get into LRG's whale cookie jar.
Re: Random: Marilyn Before Mario? That Time Nintendo Went A Bit Playboy
I did know about all that but it's only a weird contrast when focusing on the Iwata and Reggie days, really. Yamauchi and the rest didn't give much of a toss about gaming (and certainly wouldn't have cared about gaming culture) or being family friendly. They cared about making money and shifting the company as needed to maximize profits. Atari and gaming was dirty and unregulated, so Nintendo being family friendly with the marketing genius seal of quality swooped in opportunistically. Just like he didn't care about baseball and never attended a game yet bought the Mariners.
Re: First Impressions: We've Played Three SEGA Games On Switch 2
@IronMan30 apparently we still can't risk mentioning the game who shall not be named
Re: Shigeru Miyamoto Explains Why Donkey Kong Has Been Redesigned
Only explanation needed is that it's their character their IP. I never really liked looking at a big dumb gorilla in any game but DKC is fun, so whatever. He could be a big hunk of crap for all I care so long as the game is fun.
Re: Pokémon Scalpers Are Ignoring Tornado Warnings Just To Nab Latest Card Collection
Had the chance to be part of the world's funniest tornadoes special. All the same it's fun to think how they'd have made more money working a real job than whatever meager profit they'll get from reselling.
Re: Random: Sephiroth's Sword Can Grow And Shrink To Fit The Story In Final Fantasy
A+ reference.
Also yeah, why not. Makes as much sense as anything in the increasingly wacky world of FFVII. Even when it was just vanilla VII, I mostly loved that game as a Nobuo music and cool set piece delivery system.
Re: Random: Unluckiest Gaming Moment Of The Year? Smash Bros. Final Ends With A Tree Glitch
Thought the whole purpose of staying with melee and tournament legal stages was specifically to avoid this exact scenario which is always parroted: a player has 20Gs on the line or whatever and they lose it to a random element because in real sporting events random elements are never a factor.
Re: Fortnite Devs Hit With Unfair Labour Practice Filing Following AI Darth Vader Fiasco
Interesting to see how those stalwart pro union /anti big company stances crumble to kiss the feet of ai.
Re: Switch 2's News Section Will Reduce Clutter With Individual Account Feeds
Shouldn't need a whole new console for that, but I'm glad it's happening. Having a Japanese account really clutters it up to where I don't even look at it.
Re: Feature: The Long & Rainbow Road To 'Mario Kart World' - Part 2
Man I loved DS. Easily the best single player experience in a Mario Kart game with the missions and boss battles. The online gameplay was pretty solid too, and admittedly I did a lot of shameless Dry Bones in the tank snaking to obliterate the competition. Crazy to think I had to buy a little dongle for that because my house didn't have wifi yet.
Still haven't played Double Dash, but I have it loaded up on my Wii U to finally experience.
Wii can take a hike. I played it a lot at the time as it was the newest option but that rubber banding AI was so infuriating and the game in general just isn't nearly as tight or fun as what came after. I'm sure it was the first Mario Kart for a whole big swath of gamers and has huge nostalgic pull but I can't imagine ever playing again.
Re: Nintendo Has "No Plans" To Use Game-Key Cards For First-Party-Developed Titles
Lol the pearl clutching over this whole thing. It's a better option over code in a box for publishers who were very likely going to do code in a box. Nintendo is doing more for physical games preservation than any of the "forever physical!" grifty fomo companies with this move and their dedication to keeping their stuff in traditional carts - and they're the company that brought back game carts in the first place. Gamers lol.
Re: Random: Switch 2's Controller Settings Hide A Neat Musical Secret
Yeah but can it run Doom('s theme)?
Re: Random: Unofficial Smash Bros. Dating App 'SmashTogether' Shut Down By Nintendo
Yeah, skeevy dating apps trying to use IP they don't own is not going to fly. Just a hunch but maybe it also has something to do with the whole Smash players not behaving themselves in this arena while at conventions.
Re: Pokémon Cards Soar Back Into McDonald's UK Happy Meals
Never been so glad to see UK only. My local McDonald's was a nightmare during this promotion when my kids just wanted to get their happy meals. Thank God they're not big into Pokemon and didn't care when the store ran out and used other stock for toys.
Re: Nintendo's New Store Will Stock Mini Sculpture Replicas
Already have amiibo of all these characters so I'm definitely good. Which is exactly why amiibo are great - affordable good looking miniatures of classic characters. Still don't know why a lot of people couldn't see that and instead either called them useless or whine about the NFC.
Re: Super Mario World Looks To Be The Official Name Of The Next Mario Movie
Can't wait to hear all the diatribes about how this doesn't provide thought provoking narratives and the intelligent deconstruction of the hero archetype which the Super Mario series is universally known for.
Re: Limited Run's Switch 2 Numbered Releases Will Reportedly Include The "Full Game On The Cartridge"
Lame company clinging to their silly ploy which was only ever about inducing fomo. Not that I can blame anyone for taking advantage of fools & their money, but their practices including selling crappy carts is, if anything, pushing more people towards digital when a prominent physical option is so very poor.
Re: Opinion: Nintendo's Forgotten The Game With The Most 'Switch 2 Edition' Potential
The one thing I was longshot hoping for the Switch 2 was bringing back dual screen play. Mouse control would be cool for Pikmin and Mario Maker but I can't get past how good those games played with the Wii U gamepad. Same as how I can't get into any other Splatoon games because they feel so hobbled without the extra screen. I really hope someday they'll make a gamepad peripheral again for docked play. It could also bring back the amazing experience of Hyrule Warriors co-op with one player on the pad and one on the tv. That setup could have led to some more great multiplayer innovations.
Re: Don't Worry, 'Ori And The Blind Forest' Dev Probably Isn't Shutting Down
Reads like a bunch of awkward interactions all being spun out of context and hyped up to more than what it really is. Mahler isn't the most eloquent communicator and probably isn't helping anything but it's also a massive nothingburger of early access people being typical early access people by expecting a polished final product.
I typically like anything they make so I'll probably check this out. Not in early access though, as I am capable of understanding playing an unfinished game means playing an unfinished game. Couldn't care less that Mahler shoots his mouth off sometimes. I'm here to play games and have fun, not pretend I'm going to hang out with the creators and be best friends because they say and do the things I like.
Re: Nintendo Updates Its User Agreement To Crack Down On Emulation
Emulationbros getting all bunged up yet again by the big bad user agreement. Use a Switch for Switchy things, use I don't know one of the million other better powered devices on the market to do emulation things without the hassle. Pretty simple except when one has some weird perpetual high school need to fight the perceived authority figure.
Re: Palworld Dev Announces "Disappointing" Game Changes Resulting From Nintendo's Lawsuit
Must have gotten their first legal bill and realized Nintendo can this all day.
Alternatively,
For them this was the biggest bill of their lives. For Nintendo, it was a Tuesday.
Re: Feature: From BOTW To TOTK - How The Switch Helped Me Overcome Mental Illness And Thrive
Great article, I always love reading how games have helped people with their struggles. It's funny because when Celeste released and the discussions of how it was a great metaphor came up, I realized that's how I've been using video games my entire life. Kirby's Adventure was me figuring out how to find an identity and not being afraid to go full bore into anything no matter how ridiculous it seemed. Mega Man 3 was facing down every new year at a spirit-crushing elementary school by adapting and trying new forms of offensive defense. Dragon Warrior was going it ahead alone even into total darkness when a broken household offered no support or guidance. TOTK for me was learning to find agency and freedom to explore again in a life which seemingly was nothing but confined routines.
Re: Talking Point: With Prices Rising, Are Your Gaming Habits Changing?
I love games but I don't buy a ton of games. I grew up poor and had to make a game last, which has continued where I play a game until I've truly tired of it before moving on. The 12 months after TOTK dropped I bought only that and Dredge. I've only grown more conservative with my game buying in the last decade, because nowadays I can easily watch a playthrough of any game that I'm mildly interested in and often times I won't buy it because the taste was enough. I have no interest in mindlessly consuming games and having a backlog, so the incoming hikes are annoying but they won't break my bank by a longshot.
Re: Reminder: Nintendo's Switch 2 Launches Worldwide Next Month
Didn't preorder, no regrets. The Switch 1 was the earliest I've ever bought into a console at a few months in. And while I enjoyed it, I didn't really start using the thing until towards the end of the year. But I'm looking forward to the launch all the same.
Re: Accessory Manufacturer Genki Responds To Nintendo's Switch 2 Lawsuit
Even if they had leaks with info worth a damn and even if they hadn't resorted to lying when their clout wasn't building fast enough, they should have known that the most celebrated leakers with the best information are still summarily dropped from interest the moment the official announcement is out. Anyone even remember the person who leaked the Trials of Mana localization/remake? What about that Smash fighters leaker, what fame and fortune are they rolling in? This chancer could have just been first in line to drop accessories with the knowledge they may or may not have had, and let the product speak for itself. Now Genki has a nice lawsuit from a notoriously litigious company who will bleed Genki even if the case doesn't go their way, a bit of ire from fickle gamers (a bunch one should never try to court this way), and no noticeable boost in sales or reputation.
Re: The Company That "Leaked" Switch 2 Is Being Sued By Nintendo
Lol. Lmao. Lmfao, even. Nothingburger leaks of highly predictable iterative Switch 2 designs which irritate the community more than anything as it comes across as desperate clout grabs. Caught in a lie about having exclusive access to the new hardware. Puts out predictable accessories and gets no visible boost in clout or sales for all the shenanigans. Still gets sued in the end, and clearly isn't getting the AM2R-styles sympathy from gamers they probably thought would be worth angering Nintendo over.
Well done, champ.
Re: Oops, Yuji Horii Might May Not Have Leaked Massive Remake News After All
Shocked this even gained traction. Square's comment about more Chrono back like 15 years ago was buy more CT DS and we'll see. The games are beloved but not so much by Square. Chrono left a huge bad taste in their mouths when Cross wasn't the next FFVII. CT DS was all of the 22nd best selling DS game of 2008 in Japan. These games don't do big numbers. And Squeenix's expectations of sales have only grown since then. It's a small miracle the Radical Dreamers edition and PC port even happened.
Re: Editorial: Gamers, Support The People And Sites You Love, Before It's Too Late
Top-tier? Maybe a long time ago. Those sites have long gone the way of Destructoid, hollowed out shells of their former goodness. The larger beast of games journalism is collapsing and good riddance. It can't be saved just like social media can't be saved. Blog style sites like the NL family with self-contained comment sections are all that can and should survive. Everything else was a big mistake.
Re: Rumour: Yuji Horii Might Have Let Slip Some Massive Remake News
Well that translator is getting fired lol. Granted, there's a lot of interpretation despite people think translating is a 1:1 machine operation, but if that's the dude's job he royally screwed up on something everyone will take and immediately run with.
Anyway, they'd Squeenix it up and probably turn the walk from Truce to Guardia Castle into a three-hour trek with pointless collectibles and sidequests, replace the concise battle system with overwrought parry mechanics, mess up the font text, change a bunch of lines, and add a crafting system. The lousy bolted on content in the DS and PSX versions already illustrated this game needed nothing else outside of maybe the map feature but even that is hugely superfluous given the game's straightforward area designs.
All they need to do is rerelease the original SNES version. Add the cutscenes as optional for weirdos who like to see the classic in-game cutscenes followed up with the exact same scene animated out before dumping back awkwardly to the game.
Re: Hollow Knight: Silksong Will Be Playable At An Australian Museum In September
Lol Hollow Knight fans. Maybe more immediately bunged up than Undertale when someone doesn't understand the appeal. And like Undertale I found HK perfectly just alright, not crazy fantastic and not a bore but maybe a little bloated. But I love the Silksong drama. If this is limited to the museum before launch there certainly will be crazed fans spending outrageous sums just to be the first to experience it. I might pick up Silksong on a big sale someday but in the meantime it has made so much interesting free content.
Re: Xbox Is Raising The Price Of Consoles, Accessories, And Games Worldwide
I can't believe Nintendo would do this to Xbox.
Anyway. I kind of feel like I've been preparing for this my whole life. By this point I have enough video games and consoles to probably last me through old age especially considering the Pocket, Vita, Wii U, and various everdrives. I like to get new stuff of course but realistically I could play what I have right now until I die and be happy. It's like when the pandemic hit and my family suddenly didn't see me as so crazy for having held onto all the old video games they so readily left behind.
Re: Grant Kirkhope Apparently Got A Bananas Reason For His Missing Mario Movie Credit
I say it as a big DK64 enjoyer who has the music streaming somewhat regularly from my server, I totally get why Nintendo and anyone else doesn't like that game and I'm not surprised at all it hasn't shown up. Though I do want it to show up on nso if only to enjoy a new wave of people agonizing over beaver bother and that one room in the ice cave cabin and having to do a one credit run of Donkey Kong & Jetpac.
On the credits, yeah that stinks but it's also business. My company doesn't credit anyone on products because they don't want someone credited giving the company a bad rep if they go on to say something silly on the Internet or whatever. I would guess Nintendo is being ultra protective of their extremely valuable IP by only giving credits like that to people whom they have absolutely zero doubt will always be in their court.
Re: Yes, You Can Adjust The Camera In Mario Kart World
That's kinda cool but I really want that first person view, and not like the cart's first person view. It'd be rad to see the interior of the kart while driving. Maybe they'll add that with Labo 2 VR.