@TOTKcringe I can see your points, but even with those "down sides", I wouldn't call the game garbage, in fact I think TOTK did a lot of things better than BOTW. Better side quests, more freedom, larger world, more content.
Also it's clearly a sequel, I don't know what you expected. The game takes place after BOTW and the story makes sense.
Sure there's no guardians boohoo, if you wanted to play the exact same game then play Breath of the Wild again?
Majora's Mask was a sequel to Ocarina of time and there was arguably even more differences between those games.
@TOTKcringe no of course you can have different opinions. But when rating a game you should try being as objective as possible.
And no matter what angle you have, this game is not a terrible game.
I can admit that I don't enjoy playing the GTA games or the FIFA games or even the Dark Souls games.
But just because those are not the games for me, doesn't mean that I would give them a terrible score, because I can see that if you're into those sort of games then those games will probably be great. In fact, I would admit that those games are not for me and I wouldn't rate them because I would probably give them an unfair score.
If you're not into hamburgers then maybe you shouldn't review or rate hamburgers? Better to leave that to someone who is passionate about hamburgers? That person will rate a poor hamburger harshly and a good hamburger fairly.
I can't in my wildest dreams imagine a good motivation behind giving TOTK a score of 3 or lower. Because it's a great open world action adventure title of very very high quality that looks and plays great on the Switch.
Objectively it's a great game with very few flaws.
Rating a game at 0 means it's a terrible joke of a game that looks terrible, plays terrible, sounds terrible, full of bugs, poor content, no quality to speak of whatsoever. There's just no way anyone can say that about TOTK even if the game is not for them.
If you're not into open world action adventure games, then maybe you shouldn't rate the game? And if you don't know how to fairly rate a game, then you should definately not rate, you're doing more harm than good.
I just got an idea! @NintendoLife How about you create a sort of "game-rating school" that you need to take and pass before being allowed to rate games? Teach people what to consider when rating each spect of a game.
To all the people who mocked me in my first post..
I never said there wasn't any changes made, I just said that there wasn't any huge ones (By huge I meant changes that completely changed these games)
Don't get me wrong I don't mind getting these versions of the games and I understand that these can be considered the best versions.
That being said, I would have much preferred if Nintendo gave us some games that are exclusive to the GBA and not only updated versions of NES/SNES games.
It's not like I dislike these games, not at all. But how about giving us one of these games and two other games that are not Mario? And then something similar next time?
The fact is that every single one of these games already has at least one playable version already on the Nintendo online subscription. And now this is what I am paying extra for, the same games again with some upgrades. And I don't even get to keep the games if I stop paying.
Since I am paying for a subscription I would prefer if they give me some variety.
@Bass_X0 Are you talking about that the characters have some voice samples? Other than that I think the only other feature I can think of is the Yoshi coin challenge after you beat the game.
I never said there's no changes, I said "sure there some difference but not any major to my knowledge."
I don't consider voice samples and the Yoshi coin challenge Major differences.
Other than that, it's pretty similar to the All-stars version of Super Mario Bros 2 on SNES
I like the open world approach going forward, but I hope that they will get even better at building their world with purpose and charm. And I hope they continue to look back at what made their older titles so great and also use that as inspiration going forward.
I don't think every Zelda going forward has to have the same level of freedom as Breath of the wild and Tears of the Kingdom. (Not that I don't enjoy that)
But I really wouldn't mind Nintendo mixing old Zelda with new Zelda and restricting some things in order for the gameplay to work.
For instance, I like the old concept of collection the "skill-items" like the hook shot as you progress in the game instead of gaining all skills within the first hour of the game. It gradually gives you more and more freedom and the feeling that your character is getting more and more powerful.
Heck I could even see them locking climbing vertical surfaces behind some "climbing gloves".
And maybe add underwater exploration back as well.
I like the new temples in tears of the kingdom, however I found them to be a bit small and short compared to a classic Zelda game. But still a step in the right direction I suppose.
@rjejr Oh I don't think flying in it self has ever been an issue. Skyward Sword had flying but it was handled very differently. The world above the clouds was separated from the world below basically with a load screen, Landmarks in the sky such as the Skyloft island was rendered as a lower quality model while flying, only loading you into the actual island when entering. (Again load screen). That way they could save resources and make it run well on the Wii.
But in Tears of the Kingdom everything seems more or less seamless. And that requires more horsepower. The land of Hyrule seems to still be loaded even while being up in the sky. You can jump off the island and dive down and there's no load screens. The LOD is adjusted on the fly (pun not intended). Same thing while you're walking around in Hyrule, would can see Islands floating up there in the sky, meaning that they are still being processed and kept in memory as some level.
It's hard to say whether it would run well on Wii U or not, It would probably be difficult, but with enough optimisation maybe it could, but you have to remember that the Wii U was struggling with Breath of The Wild at times, and Tears of the Kingdom has even more going on.
I wish they were a little bigger and bolder, But they are better than the modern fonts.
What I really don like with Square Enix's attempts to remaster old games in 2D is that the visuals are not coherent.
So I'll give an example, You have "pixels" on the world and characters, and then you have pixels on the font and hud, but the pixels are different sizes so it doesn't blend well together.
Then you have the classical "CRT" filter mode, it aplies the scanlines to everything, but the blur effect is not applied to the hud or text-boxes.
I wish everything was a bit more coherent I guess, that would certainly raise the feeling of quality.
@jump sure whatever, but do you care to explain why you think the game is rubbish? because just stating that something is rubbish without explaining why is a kinda rubbish thing to do.
The game is far from a perfect game but very far from rubbish in my opinion.
It has a growth system that takes some getting used to and that system has flaws, but if you look past that, then it's actually a really good game in my opinion.
The game has an interesting story, good (but not great) characters, some of the best music in video game history.
It had great graphics (for the time), fun and functional battles (At least a bit more to offer than Pokemon battles, but still nothing special).
There's lots of optional collectables in the game, plenty of side-quests, A built in card game that is actually easy to learn and fun.
So what's the common complaints?
"It's tedious to Draw magic", "the junction system is too complex" and "the junction system is exploitable".
Some people may point out how you can mess up so that the game get's super difficult by over-levelling due to how stats and level scaling for mobs works..
I mean if you are that dense not to realise that power leveling makes the enemies tougher before they start to one-shot you, then perhaps you should go back to Call of Cuty or GTA.
Is the game perfect, no.. It has many flaws in fact. But it's far from rubbish.
Link getting a voice would go against the core concept of the character. What Link is supposed to be is a 'link' between the game and the player, he is supposed to be your avatar in the game.
It's easier to imagine you are Link if he is a silent character as that will allow you to use you own imagination on what Link might be thinking or what he would say in a certain situation.
This is not just my theory of why Link has no dialogue, it comes from Miyamoto himself.
Personally I prefer them keeping the tradition, it adds to the feel of a Zelda game and I see no need for Link talking.
@Selim The Wii is weaker than the Switch in every way possible, heck the Switch is almost powerful enough to emulate the Wii. The power is not the issue. Also those CoD games running on Wii whatever it was, that's not the games anyone want to run on the Switch anyway.
The Switch is more than capable of running a CoD like game.
Whether the engine is upgraded to support Switch and games ported over is an entirely different story. And if there a CoD game ported over to the Switch there will be massive downgrades in graphics and resolution in order to get it running well.
I imagine that they would aim for 60fps since people play it competitively online.
They would probably also want to keep the resolution at around 720p at a minimum. (Possibly upscaled 1080p)
That would leave them with no other option than heavily sacrificing graphical quality like lighting, shadows, LOD, textures, draw distance, particle effects and other elements that makes the game pretty.
In the end you would get a game that plays alright but looks "meh..." compared to every other platform.
If they went the extra mile then they could have a mode aiming for 30fps that looks a bit better for the single player campaign.
At least that's the way I see it.
Lot's of time, money and work to make it happen though, not entirely sure they will think it's worth it this late into the game.
Many people including developers are expecting Nintendo to reveal their next system "soon", like later this year or next year..
Then it would be reasonable to expect the new hardware being released 2024/2025. Updating the engine to support Switch and porting a game over takes time so unless they have already started getting it done, they will not have much time.
And releasing a game like CoD right before gamers are migrating over to whatever's next does not seem like a good way to maximise profits.
No it wouldn't make much sense from a business perspective, even if the next console is backwards compatible.
They would probably rather wait to get their hands on new devkits (if they don't already have them) and aim for the next system.
At least for a game like CoD that is expected to be played online competitively. As they need to keep servers alive for many years after the release and that's quite a commitment for a console that is about to be replaced.
I say it's highly unlikely to happen, but not because the Switch, isn't powerful enough.
Well, it's not a question of if the Switch has the power.
It's a matter of optimization, you could pretty much run any game on the Switch if you downgrade and optimise it enough.
However that takes time and money. You also need an engine that supports the platform and if it doesn't then you need to implement support for that specific platform as well and that also takes time.
The CoD games runs on the IW engine.
And correct me if I am wrong, Switch is not supported on that engine.
So really.. It would take a lot of motivation, funds and time to get CoD over to the Switch. But it's not impossible.
Getting very close to being what I would call definitive editions. But it seems like they have still not added back extra content introduced in other versions.
Usually this extra content was optional endgame dungeons and super bosses as well as optional weapons and armour to obtain.
I was really hoping they would add this back for the console releases.
I mean I love how this looks, but I already own 2 Switches and 2 Pro Controllers, and I recently picked up the N64 controller (Which I love). So I really don't have any use for these items and if I got them it would just be for the purpose of collection.
Not saying that I won't ever get these, but at the moment there's other priorities.
@smithyo I don't know what you did expect, it's looks pretty spot on what I expected. We knew it would take place in the same Hyrule using the same engine with islands in the sky and some new abilities.
Only thing that bothered me a bit was that it sounds like they straight up reused music from breath of the wild. I think it would have done a lot to use all new original music. But that's a minot nitpick.
Now someone need to make a nice portable power bank "dock" that is compatible with these. I could see myself using these outdoors and in places without a wall outlet.
I do prefer playing with a pro controller over holding the system.
@Rika_Yoshitake Yeah I have not see Nintendo do something like that since the Gamecube and Gameboy Advance.
I believe that Nintendo is going to try to innovate as usual.
Just making a more powerful system without adding or removing anything is not innovation, and more something you would expect from Microsoft and Sony to be honest.
@Zach777 I do agree with you, but maybe the apology was not the same as taking ownership from their point of view. It's difficult to tell for me.
I am going to just say it, I am not Japanese and I am not going to pretend that I understand everything that these Japanese corporate giants are saying and doing. I honestly get chocked quite often.
And because I know that I don't understand their culture, I also know that it's pointless for me to try to read between the lines.
@Zach777 Have Nintendo released any statement that their programmers are aiding GameFreaks in fixing these games?
Or is this just your assumption based on the fact that Nintendo has released an apology?
To be honest I would like Nintendo to get in there and actually making sure it's getting the quality of a 1st party Nintendo title.
But I am afraid that the apology was more like, on behalf of GameFreaks even if it's not clearly stated.
Pokemon red & blue + Pokemon stadium transferpak functionality would have been enough to make me excited.
But instead I feel a bit disappointed, I guess the DLC for Scarlet and Violet is nice but it's cot coming out anytime soon, I hope they patch the game up before they release the DLC, it's not like they don't have the time and money to do it.
Tested the latest update, and I don't know maybe it feels a bit more stable, but I still encountered slowdowns and weird glitches where the world in the distance would "flicker" and also running into "invisible" Pokemon due to them not loading in fast enough.
Would be interesting to see someone make some sort of analysis of the latest patch performance compared to how it played on launch now that we have had a couple of patches.
I would be delighted to see Pokemon Gen1-3 coming to NSO with Pokemon home compatibility and some sort of transferpack implementation. I am curious how they would deal with the "GB tower" feature though.
Are they going to make that actually work? or are they going to attempt to disable it somehow?
To me it seems entirely possible that they will try getting that to work.
I sure hope that they have also been working on the performance, camera issues and the world popping in and out of existence as well, those things have been my biggest complaints about these games.
heck I can deal with somewhat poor frame rate. But this game feels like it's helt together with tape (Not duct-tape, more like the regular transparent plastic kind)
@Martijn87 Haha now I see Zelda from the Tears of the Kingdom trailer falling down into the darkness, and as she look up she see the cartoon Link saying ExcuUuuse me Princess xD
I would have said Final Fantasy 1-6 (minus Final Fantasy III). But now the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters are coming so there's not really any need for that. (Although the extra content is not in the Pixel Remasters)
Also there's no reason to get stuff that already exist on SNES online, like Yoshi's Island and the other Super Mario Advance games. (Super Mario Advance 4 is nice though as it ads some new features and levels that are not in the all-stars or NES versions of Super Mario Bros 3)
I guess my top pick would be Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. And then Kingdom Hearts - Chain of Memories
And man.. They should bring over the Pokemon games both GB/GBC and GBA, and make sure that Pokemon Home get's compatible with them, that alone would almost be awesome enough to justify raising the price of Nintendo Online again
I am not saying that they will call their next game Mario Kart 9.
I am questioning how you can be so certain, because it's Nintendo we are talking about after all. Especially since you pretty much have no proof.
Nothing you said so far has been a proper proof that Nintendo count tour as a main title. It's just speculation and stuff that fits into your own logic.
For crying out loud, they are going to release the Yoshi's Island race course, this is completely based on the Yoshi's Island game.
Does that make Yoshi's Island a mainline Mario Kart game? According to your logic, it should right?
"Mario Kart Tour was proven to be MK9 because Nintendo announced new content for MK8 Deluxe through the Booster Course." - I really don't see your point, How does this prove anything? All it tells me is that Nintendo just don't see the need of making a new Mario Kart game just yet because they can milk Mario Kart 8 a while longer. This does not prove that Nintendo won't release a new Mario Kart title on the next hardware and call it Mario Kart 9.
I mean they do not seem to count their Mario Kart arcade games as mainline, so who knows if they count a mobile title as mainline? It's impossible to know unless Nintendo themselves speak up on the matter.
Soooo, unless you get official words from Nintendo on the matter then NOTHING is proved. And don't even try to guess what Nintendo will/won't do, many have tried and failed.
Huh, I never thought of Xenoblade Chronicles as Nintendo first party titles. But I guess they are since Nintendo is the publisher and these games are Nintendo exclusives. They are not developed by Nintendo though. However Monolith Soft is pretty much only developing for Nintendo these days.
Xenogears and Xenosaga had their home on Playstation and Playstation 2. The franchise was created by SquareSoft.
I always find it amusing when the people who are the least involved with development of the games are apologizing for these kind of things and ensuring people that THEY are working on it.
I mean, I do understand that they are the PR people for Nintendo. And the average Joe probably don't care about the detail on who exactly is working on it.
But I sort of think they should let Gamefreaks handle it, or at least tell the truth, that GameFreaks are working on it.
And I do wonder if Nintendo really need so many different PR offices? It's the internet age.. I'm sure it would be more efficient to consolidate all their regional expertise under one umbrella?
What!? what's is your logic? It's a mobile spin-off title.
It's like calling Uncharted Golden Abyss a mainline title.. Nintendo will obviously release a true successor to Mario Kart 8 at some point, and it will not be a mobile phone title, trust me.
I think that they will release a new Mario Kart main line title with their next hardware, it would be a weird if they reused Mario Kart 8 again.
@Fulkaffe This project already supports Widescreen, custom sprites and custom .msu-1 soundtrack. There's a Switch port if you own a hacked Switch. Runs and sounds like a dream
Strange how the texture size on the stone cliffs seems to differ between the 2 versions. On the switch version it looks way smaller, resulting in a sharper look, but the downside is that you can also see the repeating patterns more clearly
I think it would be great if each weapon still disappeared upon breaking. However it would be great if you could also prevent them from breaking. Like if you could see a durability meter for each weapon and could restore the durability of your weapons by visiting a blacksmith or something.
So now you would actually have a real proper reason to change out a weapon that is about to break when the game warns you.
Currently I find myself letting the weapons break, because I see no reason for running around with my bag full of weapons that can only take 1 or 2 more hits before breaking.
I would also like to see weapons and shield being upgradable.
Also a crafting system for making new weapons and shields would be welcome.
I think all of these things could work very well in the Breath of the Wild Hyrule, it's all about the freedom of doing whatever you want and always having something to do and a reason to just explore.
More reasons to gather material while exploring is welcome.
They just need to balance everything right, like don't make it too easy to restore durability on your weapons.
Make it somewhat expensive so that you perhaps only use the service for a few of your very best items.
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Re: Random: Square Enix's New Turf War Shooter Has 'Splatoon' Trending Online
there's such a thing as copying too much...
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom?
@TOTKcringe I can see your points, but even with those "down sides", I wouldn't call the game garbage, in fact I think TOTK did a lot of things better than BOTW. Better side quests, more freedom, larger world, more content.
Also it's clearly a sequel, I don't know what you expected.
The game takes place after BOTW and the story makes sense.
Sure there's no guardians boohoo, if you wanted to play the exact same game then play Breath of the Wild again?
Majora's Mask was a sequel to Ocarina of time and there was arguably even more differences between those games.
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom?
@TOTKcringe no of course you can have different opinions. But when rating a game you should try being as objective as possible.
And no matter what angle you have, this game is not a terrible game.
I can admit that I don't enjoy playing the GTA games or the FIFA games or even the Dark Souls games.
But just because those are not the games for me, doesn't mean that I would give them a terrible score, because I can see that if you're into those sort of games then those games will probably be great.
In fact, I would admit that those games are not for me and I wouldn't rate them because I would probably give them an unfair score.
If you're not into hamburgers then maybe you shouldn't review or rate hamburgers? Better to leave that to someone who is passionate about hamburgers? That person will rate a poor hamburger harshly and a good hamburger fairly.
I can't in my wildest dreams imagine a good motivation behind giving TOTK a score of 3 or lower. Because it's a great open world action adventure title of very very high quality that looks and plays great on the Switch.
Objectively it's a great game with very few flaws.
Rating a game at 0 means it's a terrible joke of a game that looks terrible, plays terrible, sounds terrible, full of bugs, poor content, no quality to speak of whatsoever. There's just no way anyone can say that about TOTK even if the game is not for them.
If you're not into open world action adventure games, then maybe you shouldn't rate the game?
And if you don't know how to fairly rate a game, then you should definately not rate, you're doing more harm than good.
I just got an idea! @NintendoLife
How about you create a sort of "game-rating school" that you need to take and pass before being allowed to rate games?
Teach people what to consider when rating each spect of a game.
Re: Poll: Goats Or Lizards? What Do You Think Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom's Zonai Look Like?
Zonai are Zonai...
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's GBA Library With Three Super Mario Games
To all the people who mocked me in my first post..
I never said there wasn't any changes made, I just said that there wasn't any huge ones (By huge I meant changes that completely changed these games)
Don't get me wrong I don't mind getting these versions of the games and I understand that these can be considered the best versions.
That being said, I would have much preferred if Nintendo gave us some games that are exclusive to the GBA and not only updated versions of NES/SNES games.
It's not like I dislike these games, not at all. But how about giving us one of these games and two other games that are not Mario? And then something similar next time?
The fact is that every single one of these games already has at least one playable version already on the Nintendo online subscription. And now this is what I am paying extra for, the same games again with some upgrades. And I don't even get to keep the games if I stop paying.
Since I am paying for a subscription I would prefer if they give me some variety.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's GBA Library With Three Super Mario Games
@Bass_X0 Are you talking about that the characters have some voice samples? Other than that I think the only other feature I can think of is the Yoshi coin challenge after you beat the game.
I never said there's no changes, I said "sure there some difference but not any major to my knowledge."
I don't consider voice samples and the Yoshi coin challenge Major differences.
Other than that, it's pretty similar to the All-stars version of Super Mario Bros 2 on SNES
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom?
I think people who rate this game below 3 should be banned for trolling hahaha
Re: Zelda's Tears Of The Kingdom VA Took Inspiration From The Hit HBO Show "Game Of Thrones"
I don't quite know why, But I never really was a big fan of her Zelda voice.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's GBA Library With Three Super Mario Games
@Bass_X0 I have, what's your point?
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's GBA Library With Three Super Mario Games
All three games are already on the Snes app.. sure there some difference but not any major to my knowledge.
Re: Expect More Open-World Zelda Games Going Forwards, Suggests Eiji Aonuma
I like the open world approach going forward, but I hope that they will get even better at building their world with purpose and charm. And I hope they continue to look back at what made their older titles so great and also use that as inspiration going forward.
I don't think every Zelda going forward has to have the same level of freedom as Breath of the wild and Tears of the Kingdom.
(Not that I don't enjoy that)
But I really wouldn't mind Nintendo mixing old Zelda with new Zelda and restricting some things in order for the gameplay to work.
For instance, I like the old concept of collection the "skill-items" like the hook shot as you progress in the game instead of gaining all skills within the first hour of the game. It gradually gives you more and more freedom and the feeling that your character is getting more and more powerful.
Heck I could even see them locking climbing vertical surfaces behind some "climbing gloves".
And maybe add underwater exploration back as well.
I like the new temples in tears of the kingdom, however I found them to be a bit small and short compared to a classic Zelda game. But still a step in the right direction I suppose.
Re: Zelda Boss Wanted Certain Tears Of The Kingdom Areas In BOTW, Prevented By Wii U's Limitations
@rjejr Oh I don't think flying in it self has ever been an issue.
Skyward Sword had flying but it was handled very differently.
The world above the clouds was separated from the world below basically with a load screen, Landmarks in the sky such as the Skyloft island was rendered as a lower quality model while flying, only loading you into the actual island when entering. (Again load screen).
That way they could save resources and make it run well on the Wii.
But in Tears of the Kingdom everything seems more or less seamless. And that requires more horsepower. The land of Hyrule seems to still be loaded even while being up in the sky.
You can jump off the island and dive down and there's no load screens. The LOD is adjusted on the fly (pun not intended).
Same thing while you're walking around in Hyrule, would can see Islands floating up there in the sky, meaning that they are still being processed and kept in memory as some level.
It's hard to say whether it would run well on Wii U or not, It would probably be difficult, but with enough optimisation maybe it could, but you have to remember that the Wii U was struggling with Breath of The Wild at times, and Tears of the Kingdom has even more going on.
Re: Looks Like There's Already A Mobile Game Ripping Off Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom
Don't give them publicity!
Re: Poll: What Do You Think Of The New Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster Font?
I wish they were a little bigger and bolder, But they are better than the modern fonts.
What I really don like with Square Enix's attempts to remaster old games in 2D is that the visuals are not coherent.
So I'll give an example, You have "pixels" on the world and characters, and then you have pixels on the font and hud, but the pixels are different sizes so it doesn't blend well together.
Then you have the classical "CRT" filter mode, it aplies the scanlines to everything, but the blur effect is not applied to the hud or text-boxes.
I wish everything was a bit more coherent I guess, that would certainly raise the feeling of quality.
Re: Poll: Which Was Your First 'Final Fantasy'?
@jump sure whatever, but do you care to explain why you think the game is rubbish? because just stating that something is rubbish without explaining why is a kinda rubbish thing to do.
Re: Poll: Which Was Your First 'Final Fantasy'?
@jump Please explain why you think so.
The game is far from a perfect game but very far from rubbish in my opinion.
It has a growth system that takes some getting used to and that system has flaws, but if you look past that, then it's actually a really good game in my opinion.
The game has an interesting story, good (but not great) characters, some of the best music in video game history.
It had great graphics (for the time), fun and functional battles (At least a bit more to offer than Pokemon battles, but still nothing special).
There's lots of optional collectables in the game, plenty of side-quests, A built in card game that is actually easy to learn and fun.
So what's the common complaints?
"It's tedious to Draw magic", "the junction system is too complex" and "the junction system is exploitable".
Some people may point out how you can mess up so that the game get's super difficult by over-levelling due to how stats and level scaling for mobs works..
I mean if you are that dense not to realise that power leveling makes the enemies tougher before they start to one-shot you, then perhaps you should go back to Call of Cuty or GTA.
Is the game perfect, no.. It has many flaws in fact. But it's far from rubbish.
But please share why you have your opinion.
Re: Talking Point: Should Link Have Voice Acting In The Next Zelda Game?
@DripDropCop146 That's a new one for me, but then again Miyamoto has given multiple explanations for things before.
Re: Talking Point: Should Link Have Voice Acting In The Next Zelda Game?
Link getting a voice would go against the core concept of the character. What Link is supposed to be is a 'link' between the game and the player, he is supposed to be your avatar in the game.
It's easier to imagine you are Link if he is a silent character as that will allow you to use you own imagination on what Link might be thinking or what he would say in a certain situation.
This is not just my theory of why Link has no dialogue, it comes from Miyamoto himself.
Personally I prefer them keeping the tradition, it adds to the feel of a Zelda game and I see no need for Link talking.
Re: GameStop Fires Employee For Leaking Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Switch
Was is worth it Mike? Well, was it?
Re: Soapbox: Can We Stop Pretending Switch Can't Run Call Of Duty?
@Selim I wouldn't get my hopes up
Re: Soapbox: Can We Stop Pretending Switch Can't Run Call Of Duty?
@Selim Yes you can play the Witcher 3 @ around 30 FPS and a very low resolution as well a huge downgrades to the graphics in general.
Would you enjoy playing a competitive first person shooter aiming for headshots online at that resolution and performance? I know I wouldn't.
In the case of the Witcher 3 it's playable because it's a different type of game that works better at that performance.
Re: Soapbox: Can We Stop Pretending Switch Can't Run Call Of Duty?
@Selim The Wii is weaker than the Switch in every way possible, heck the Switch is almost powerful enough to emulate the Wii. The power is not the issue. Also those CoD games running on Wii whatever it was, that's not the games anyone want to run on the Switch anyway.
The Switch is more than capable of running a CoD like game.
Whether the engine is upgraded to support Switch and games ported over is an entirely different story. And if there a CoD game ported over to the Switch there will be massive downgrades in graphics and resolution in order to get it running well.
I imagine that they would aim for 60fps since people play it competitively online.
They would probably also want to keep the resolution at around 720p at a minimum. (Possibly upscaled 1080p)
That would leave them with no other option than heavily sacrificing graphical quality like lighting, shadows, LOD, textures, draw distance, particle effects and other elements that makes the game pretty.
In the end you would get a game that plays alright but looks "meh..." compared to every other platform.
If they went the extra mile then they could have a mode aiming for 30fps that looks a bit better for the single player campaign.
At least that's the way I see it.
Lot's of time, money and work to make it happen though, not entirely sure they will think it's worth it this late into the game.
Many people including developers are expecting Nintendo to reveal their next system "soon", like later this year or next year..
Then it would be reasonable to expect the new hardware being released 2024/2025. Updating the engine to support Switch and porting a game over takes time so unless they have already started getting it done, they will not have much time.
And releasing a game like CoD right before gamers are migrating over to whatever's next does not seem like a good way to maximise profits.
No it wouldn't make much sense from a business perspective, even if the next console is backwards compatible.
They would probably rather wait to get their hands on new devkits (if they don't already have them) and aim for the next system.
At least for a game like CoD that is expected to be played online competitively. As they need to keep servers alive for many years after the release and that's quite a commitment for a console that is about to be replaced.
I say it's highly unlikely to happen, but not because the Switch, isn't powerful enough.
Re: Soapbox: Can We Stop Pretending Switch Can't Run Call Of Duty?
Well, it's not a question of if the Switch has the power.
It's a matter of optimization, you could pretty much run any game on the Switch if you downgrade and optimise it enough.
However that takes time and money. You also need an engine that supports the platform and if it doesn't then you need to implement support for that specific platform as well and that also takes time.
The CoD games runs on the IW engine.
And correct me if I am wrong, Switch is not supported on that engine.
So really.. It would take a lot of motivation, funds and time to get CoD over to the Switch. But it's not impossible.
Re: Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster File Sizes Seemingly Revealed
They're larger than what see on the iPad versions, but only like 10-50MB difference.
Re: Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster Series Launches On Switch Later This Month
Getting very close to being what I would call definitive editions.
But it seems like they have still not added back extra content introduced in other versions.
Usually this extra content was optional endgame dungeons and super bosses as well as optional weapons and armour to obtain.
I was really hoping they would add this back for the console releases.
Re: Nintendo Expands Its Switch Online N64 Library With Another Game Next Week
I feel like GB-GBC Pokemon connectivity will have to happen at some point, Stadium is just not fun without it.
Re: Poll: Will You Be Getting The New Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Switch OLED?
I mean I love how this looks, but I already own 2 Switches and 2 Pro Controllers, and I recently picked up the N64 controller (Which I love). So I really don't have any use for these items and if I got them it would just be for the purpose of collection.
Not saying that I won't ever get these, but at the moment there's other priorities.
Re: Poll: What Did You Think Of The New Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Trailer?
@smithyo I don't know what you did expect, it's looks pretty spot on what I expected. We knew it would take place in the same Hyrule using the same engine with islands in the sky and some new abilities.
Only thing that bothered me a bit was that it sounds like they straight up reused music from breath of the wild. I think it would have done a lot to use all new original music.
But that's a minot nitpick.
Re: Switch Online N64 Wireless Controller Back In Stock In Europe
got an order in on Friday, fingers crossed that nothing goes wrong with the order.
I love the n64 controller, It's a very misunderstood controller but a very important one.
Re: Video: Yep, These Sunglasses Really Are Compatible With Nintendo Switch
Now someone need to make a nice portable power bank "dock" that is compatible with these. I could see myself using these outdoors and in places without a wall outlet.
I do prefer playing with a pro controller over holding the system.
Re: Video: Everything That Could Go Wrong With The Switch's Successor
@Rika_Yoshitake Yeah I have not see Nintendo do something like that since the Gamecube and Gameboy Advance.
I believe that Nintendo is going to try to innovate as usual.
Just making a more powerful system without adding or removing anything is not innovation, and more something you would expect from Microsoft and Sony to be honest.
Re: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Version 1.2.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Updated Patch Notes
@Zach777 I do agree with you, but maybe the apology was not the same as taking ownership from their point of view.
It's difficult to tell for me.
I am going to just say it, I am not Japanese and I am not going to pretend that I understand everything that these Japanese corporate giants are saying and doing. I honestly get chocked quite often.
And because I know that I don't understand their culture, I also know that it's pointless for me to try to read between the lines.
Re: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Version 1.2.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Updated Patch Notes
@Zach777 Have Nintendo released any statement that their programmers are aiding GameFreaks in fixing these games?
Or is this just your assumption based on the fact that Nintendo has released an apology?
To be honest I would like Nintendo to get in there and actually making sure it's getting the quality of a 1st party Nintendo title.
But I am afraid that the apology was more like, on behalf of GameFreaks even if it's not clearly stated.
Re: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Version 1.2.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Updated Patch Notes
@Zach777 "These companies are multi-million dollar companies with some of the best programmers in the world. "
You surely are not talking about Gamefreaks are you?
Re: Poll: What Did You Think Of The February 2023 Pokémon Presents, Then?
Pokemon red & blue + Pokemon stadium transferpak functionality would have been enough to make me excited.
But instead I feel a bit disappointed, I guess the DLC for Scarlet and Violet is nice but it's cot coming out anytime soon, I hope they patch the game up before they release the DLC, it's not like they don't have the time and money to do it.
Tested the latest update, and I don't know maybe it feels a bit more stable, but I still encountered slowdowns and weird glitches where the world in the distance would "flicker" and also running into "invisible" Pokemon due to them not loading in fast enough.
Would be interesting to see someone make some sort of analysis of the latest patch performance compared to how it played on launch now that we have had a couple of patches.
Re: Talking Point: What Will Be Announced On Pokémon Day 2023?
I would be delighted to see Pokemon Gen1-3 coming to NSO with Pokemon home compatibility and some sort of transferpack implementation. I am curious how they would deal with the "GB tower" feature though.
Are they going to make that actually work? or are they going to attempt to disable it somehow?
To me it seems entirely possible that they will try getting that to work.
Re: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Version 1.2.0 Launching "Late February", Here Are The Full Patch Notes
I sure hope that they have also been working on the performance, camera issues and the world popping in and out of existence as well, those things have been my biggest complaints about these games.
heck I can deal with somewhat poor frame rate.
But this game feels like it's helt together with tape (Not duct-tape, more like the regular transparent plastic kind)
Re: Poll: Was That A Super Show Cameo In The Latest Mario Movie Trailer?
@Martijn87 Haha now I see Zelda from the Tears of the Kingdom trailer falling down into the darkness, and as she look up she see the cartoon Link saying ExcuUuuse me Princess xD
Re: Feature: 22 Game Boy Advance Games We'd Love To See Added To Nintendo Switch Online
I would have said Final Fantasy 1-6 (minus Final Fantasy III).
But now the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters are coming so there's not really any need for that. (Although the extra content is not in the Pixel Remasters)
Also there's no reason to get stuff that already exist on SNES online, like Yoshi's Island and the other Super Mario Advance games. (Super Mario Advance 4 is nice though as it ads some new features and levels that are not in the all-stars or NES versions of Super Mario Bros 3)
I guess my top pick would be Final Fantasy Tactics Advance.
And then Kingdom Hearts - Chain of Memories
And man.. They should bring over the Pokemon games both GB/GBC and GBA, and make sure that Pokemon Home get's compatible with them, that alone would almost be awesome enough to justify raising the price of Nintendo Online again
But they probably won't
Re: Mario Kart Tour Welcomes A Brand New Course In Piranha Plant Cove
@AlexanderDaniels
Maybe you're right, maybe you're wrong.
I do not trust a poster that I don't know anything about.
Especially if it's not a Japanese poster.
Like I said before, unless Nintendo directly address this, for me everything is speculation.
Re: Mario Kart Tour Welcomes A Brand New Course In Piranha Plant Cove
@AlexanderDaniels
You may be correct, or perhaps not. We'll see..
I am not saying that they will call their next game Mario Kart 9.
I am questioning how you can be so certain, because it's Nintendo we are talking about after all. Especially since you pretty much have no proof.
Nothing you said so far has been a proper proof that Nintendo count tour as a main title. It's just speculation and stuff that fits into your own logic.
For crying out loud, they are going to release the Yoshi's Island race course, this is completely based on the Yoshi's Island game.
Does that make Yoshi's Island a mainline Mario Kart game? According to your logic, it should right?
Re: Mario Kart Tour Welcomes A Brand New Course In Piranha Plant Cove
@AlexanderDaniels Eh... Well that's YOUR logic.
"Mario Kart Tour was proven to be MK9 because Nintendo announced new content for MK8 Deluxe through the Booster Course." - I really don't see your point, How does this prove anything? All it tells me is that Nintendo just don't see the need of making a new Mario Kart game just yet because they can milk Mario Kart 8 a while longer. This does not prove that Nintendo won't release a new Mario Kart title on the next hardware and call it Mario Kart 9.
I mean they do not seem to count their Mario Kart arcade games as mainline, so who knows if they count a mobile title as mainline? It's impossible to know unless Nintendo themselves speak up on the matter.
Soooo, unless you get official words from Nintendo on the matter then NOTHING is proved. And don't even try to guess what Nintendo will/won't do, many have tried and failed.
Re: Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Apparently Has The Biggest File Size Of Any First-Party Switch Release
Huh, I never thought of Xenoblade Chronicles as Nintendo first party titles. But I guess they are since Nintendo is the publisher and these games are Nintendo exclusives. They are not developed by Nintendo though. However Monolith Soft is pretty much only developing for Nintendo these days.
Xenogears and Xenosaga had their home on Playstation and Playstation 2. The franchise was created by SquareSoft.
Re: "We Absolutely Apologize" For Pokémon Performance Problems, Says Nintendo Of Canada Manager
I always find it amusing when the people who are the least involved with development of the games are apologizing for these kind of things and ensuring people that THEY are working on it.
I mean, I do understand that they are the PR people for Nintendo.
And the average Joe probably don't care about the detail on who exactly is working on it.
But I sort of think they should let Gamefreaks handle it, or at least tell the truth, that GameFreaks are working on it.
And I do wonder if Nintendo really need so many different PR offices? It's the internet age.. I'm sure it would be more efficient to consolidate all their regional expertise under one umbrella?
Re: Mario Kart Tour Welcomes A Brand New Course In Piranha Plant Cove
@AlexanderDaniels
What!? what's is your logic? It's a mobile spin-off title.
It's like calling Uncharted Golden Abyss a mainline title.. Nintendo will obviously release a true successor to Mario Kart 8 at some point, and it will not be a mobile phone title, trust me.
I think that they will release a new Mario Kart main line title with their next hardware, it would be a weird if they reused Mario Kart 8 again.
Re: Zelda: A Link To The Past's Code Has Been Reverse-Engineered And Unofficially Enhanced
@Fulkaffe This project already supports Widescreen, custom sprites and custom .msu-1 soundtrack. There's a Switch port if you own a hacked Switch. Runs and sounds like a dream
This one shows some widescreen (yes this works on the Switch)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3p7Y79CJP4
And here's an example of an MSU-1 music replacement pack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEy0_WYE6pY (Yes this will also work on the Switch)
Re: Round Up: Here's What Switch Online Players Think Of GoldenEye 007 So Far
@Stocksy Define many... They are always sold out because Nintendo don't make enough...
Re: Round Up: Here's What Switch Online Players Think Of GoldenEye 007 So Far
I don't get the people who voted this as fantastic, I would think of many ways to make this better.
1st, allow to remap buttons on a per game basis in NSO.
Fix texture issues.
Offer more modern controls as an alternative.
Other than what it's pretty good
Re: Video: GoldenEye 007 Side-By-Side Graphics Comparison (Switch & Xbox)
Strange how the texture size on the stone cliffs seems to differ between the 2 versions. On the switch version it looks way smaller, resulting in a sharper look, but the downside is that you can also see the repeating patterns more clearly
Re: Poll: Do You Want Weapon Degradation To Return In Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom?
I think it would be great if each weapon still disappeared upon breaking. However it would be great if you could also prevent them from breaking. Like if you could see a durability meter for each weapon and could restore the durability of your weapons by visiting a blacksmith or something.
So now you would actually have a real proper reason to change out a weapon that is about to break when the game warns you.
Currently I find myself letting the weapons break, because I see no reason for running around with my bag full of weapons that can only take 1 or 2 more hits before breaking.
I would also like to see weapons and shield being upgradable.
Also a crafting system for making new weapons and shields would be welcome.
I think all of these things could work very well in the Breath of the Wild Hyrule, it's all about the freedom of doing whatever you want and always having something to do and a reason to just explore.
More reasons to gather material while exploring is welcome.
They just need to balance everything right, like don't make it too easy to restore durability on your weapons.
Make it somewhat expensive so that you perhaps only use the service for a few of your very best items.