Now, I've never used VR myself, but from what I understand, VR requires a very high resolution screen, because otherwise the pixels are visible when your face is that close to the screen.
I mean, this doesn't actually mean anything. It may even be a publicity stunt.
The point of microtransation based games is to keep people playing, and get the small amount of whales to pay a lot of money to be better than the free to play players (cosmetically or mechanically).
If you are too aggressive with the microtransations, your game will not succeed, you have to find the right balance.
If the game is too unpleasant to play for free to play players, they won't play it, and the whales have no reason to stick around, because there is no point in paying tons of money if you can't be superior to other people for it.
I think people are missing the point, that this movie is supposed to look live action.
Not that I agree with what they are attempting, but essentially putting Sonic's normal head on the new body isn't doing that. I'd just be normal Sonic with HD fur and white hands.
Value is subjective, but is what looks like the exact same game with a different, but still not impressive, and in my opinion, ugly, visual style, worth $60 to me?
No.
And I liked Awakening.
For my $60, they needed to make a Resident Evil 2 Remake level of remake. You know, where it actually looks like a AAA game from 2019, not a 3DS game from years ago.
But the fact of the matter is, Nintendo knows there are enough people who will always pay full price (or near it) for Zelda anything.
Nintendo has obviously given up on making more Star Fox games since they're not 64 remakes, and are going to turn all their new game ideas into Starlink DLC instead.
The thing about an actual Star Fox racing game though, it wouldn't make any sense.
The one time in the story Fox and Falco actually did race, nobody else did because they were doing something else, it was why they became racers.
Sure, you could bull crap a story about how Fox needs to win something in a race to save the Lylat System system or something, but that premises is as stupid and Fox not being allowed to use modern weapons in Dinosaur Planet because "you're there to save it not destroy it (even after it's obvious there is alien activity influencing the planet already)". And yes, I know that game was turned into a Star Fox game for marketing reasons.
And I don't hate Dinosaur Planet, but I don't want a forced premise just for the sake of marketing it with a certain IP that doesn't work with it.
It's not that this feature is bad, it's that it's absurd that it's taken this long to allow you to take pictures of Pokemon you own and not just wild Pokemon.
I didn't have my hopes really high for Metroid Prime 4 or anything, but all this congratulating of Nintendo for "being honest" and "owning up to their mistakes" is nonsense.
Maybe what they said is true, but we have no evidence to show that the game was ever seriously in development at all, and Nintendo isn't the first company to use the excuse of "it wasn't up to our standards" to explain why a game was delayed or cancelled.
As we have seen nothing of the supposed original development, I question if it actually existed, or if it did, how much resources were put into it before it was "scrapped".
Now, when they say "Dragon Quest XI S Will Include Scenarios Not Present In PS4 And PC Versions", do they mean brand new scenarios will be added in addition to the current ones, or that current scenarios will be changed?
As we have seen nothing of the supposed original development, I question if it actually existed, or if it did, how much resources were put into it before it was "scrapped".
I'm not in the camp that believes Sonic games need to be 2D to be good, but why remake Sonic Adventure instead of just making a new 3D Sonic Adventure game?
I already played Sonic Adventure, I like it well enough, but I don't need to play it again.
Not sure what people are expecting, but based on the title and the trailer, it just looks like a remake of the first movie with 3D computer graphic models.
I've never seen a company make an official censored artwork of a character in cross over game an official outfit in the main game to curb the complaints that it's not the way it was in the source material.
That's a statement without context. Yes, some games like Bayonetta are fun to play even though the story is pretty nonsensical. But it still has good production value.
We look at a game like Dragon Ball FighterZ, the game play elements are mostly just normal matches (with the AI having a lot of HP), but they give each fight a lot of story context, and it has tons of voiced character interactions, which is the main thing you want to see in a cross over type game.
The Project X Zone series for example, has tons of amazing character interactions.
From what we know about Wold of Light the "game play" is mostly just event matches.
To be honest though, I didn't really expect someone who previously made Kirby games to prioritize good writing.
This information is cherry picking a bit since its only the Japanese charts, if we're talking worldwide Let's Go has sold around 3 million compared to Red Dead Redemption 2's 17 million.
There are characters on the Smash roster that can teleport.
Fox, Falco, and Wolf are expert pilots, but are not in their Arwings (or Wolfen) and are trying to intercept an invading force on foot instead.
The Warp Star's abilities are story dependent. It's been shot down by cannon balls before.
He chose the character he made as the destined hero, that's fine enough. Trying to justify it beyond that is just bringing attention to the flaws in your own story.
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Re: New Nintendo Labo Kit Introduces VR Gaming On Switch This April
It's heavier Google Cardboard.
Now, I've never used VR myself, but from what I understand, VR requires a very high resolution screen, because otherwise the pixels are visible when your face is that close to the screen.
Re: More Detective Pikachu Movie Trading Cards Have Just Been Revealed
Master Martial Artist that's strong enough to send people flying over mountains.
"Use your 4 arms to direct traffic."
This isn't a complaint by the way.
Re: Talking Point: Could Nintendo Ditch Physical Media With A 'Switch Lite?'
They could, but they shouldn't.
Going all digital is basically shafting the consumer for 100% benefit on Nintendo's part.
Re: Nintendo Tells Mobile Partners To Limit Microtransactions So That Players Don't Spend Too Much
I mean, this doesn't actually mean anything. It may even be a publicity stunt.
The point of microtransation based games is to keep people playing, and get the small amount of whales to pay a lot of money to be better than the free to play players (cosmetically or mechanically).
If you are too aggressive with the microtransations, your game will not succeed, you have to find the right balance.
If the game is too unpleasant to play for free to play players, they won't play it, and the whales have no reason to stick around, because there is no point in paying tons of money if you can't be superior to other people for it.
Re: Random: One Tiny Fix Could Make Sonic's Movie Appearance So Much Better
I think people are missing the point, that this movie is supposed to look live action.
Not that I agree with what they are attempting, but essentially putting Sonic's normal head on the new body isn't doing that. I'd just be normal Sonic with HD fur and white hands.
Re: Rumour: Persona 5 S Expected To Arrive On Nintendo Switch This Fall
I'd be great (although a bit expected after Joker being revealed in Smash) for Persona 5 to come to Switch, but I'm still hoping for a PC release too.
Re: Video: Pokémon The Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution Gets Another 30-Second Teaser Trailer
So it went from "this looks like the same movie again but in CG" to "it's the same movie again in CG".
Stop trying to turn anime into American CG cartoon movies.
Re: Pokémon Sword And Shield Revealed For Nintendo Switch, New Starters Shown
It's Sun/Moon's engine with 3DS models and HD textures.
Re: Talking Point: Nintendo And Microsoft Working Together Isn't As Crazy As You Think
To paraphrase the entire article.
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend".
Re: Talking Point: Is The Remake Of Zelda: Link’s Awakening Worth $60?
Value is subjective, but is what looks like the exact same game with a different, but still not impressive, and in my opinion, ugly, visual style, worth $60 to me?
No.
And I liked Awakening.
For my $60, they needed to make a Resident Evil 2 Remake level of remake. You know, where it actually looks like a AAA game from 2019, not a 3DS game from years ago.
But the fact of the matter is, Nintendo knows there are enough people who will always pay full price (or near it) for Zelda anything.
Re: Random: The Conspiracy Chatter Is Growing: Maybe There Is No Star Fox Grand Prix
Nintendo has obviously given up on making more Star Fox games since they're not 64 remakes, and are going to turn all their new game ideas into Starlink DLC instead.
The thing about an actual Star Fox racing game though, it wouldn't make any sense.
The one time in the story Fox and Falco actually did race, nobody else did because they were doing something else, it was why they became racers.
Sure, you could bull crap a story about how Fox needs to win something in a race to save the Lylat System system or something, but that premises is as stupid and Fox not being allowed to use modern weapons in Dinosaur Planet because "you're there to save it not destroy it (even after it's obvious there is alien activity influencing the planet already)". And yes, I know that game was turned into a Star Fox game for marketing reasons.
And I don't hate Dinosaur Planet, but I don't want a forced premise just for the sake of marketing it with a certain IP that doesn't work with it.
Re: Review: Goat Simulator: The GOATY - A Mildly Amusing Waste Of Time, But Not Much Else
It's a funny waste of time as explained. There is some enjoyment figuring out the secrets and unlocking the other "goats".
This game came out a long time ago, as a parody of the many "X simulator" games that were also out at the time that were very serious.
Re: Live Out Your Pokémon Snap Sequel Fantasies With GO Snapshot
It's not that this feature is bad, it's that it's absurd that it's taken this long to allow you to take pictures of Pokemon you own and not just wild Pokemon.
Re: Feature: Please Understand: Unpacking Nintendo's Vision For Metroid Prime 4
I didn't have my hopes really high for Metroid Prime 4 or anything, but all this congratulating of Nintendo for "being honest" and "owning up to their mistakes" is nonsense.
Maybe what they said is true, but we have no evidence to show that the game was ever seriously in development at all, and Nintendo isn't the first company to use the excuse of "it wasn't up to our standards" to explain why a game was delayed or cancelled.
Re: Metroid Prime 4 Development Scrapped, Will Be Restarted Alongside Retro Studios
As we have seen nothing of the supposed original development, I question if it actually existed, or if it did, how much resources were put into it before it was "scrapped".
Re: Dragon Quest XI S Will Include Scenarios Not Present In PS4 And PC Versions, New Footage Shared
Now, when they say "Dragon Quest XI S Will Include Scenarios Not Present In PS4 And PC Versions", do they mean brand new scenarios will be added in addition to the current ones, or that current scenarios will be changed?
Re: Talking Point: How Do You Feel About The Metroid Prime 4 Delay?
As we have seen nothing of the supposed original development, I question if it actually existed, or if it did, how much resources were put into it before it was "scrapped".
Re: Random: Nintendo Confirms Only Toadette Can Wear The Super Crown, Bowsette Officially Debunked
You can't kill Bowsette. She's a bigger internet star in the minds of the people than Toadette will ever be.
Re: Nintendo Participating In Virtual Reality "VRM Consortium" As An Observer
So, these are VRChat avatars for other games?
At current I know there exist people who take commissions to design VR Chat avatars for people to their specification.
So this is a business based around that?
If you don't know what VRChat is or what application VR Avatars have here's a video.
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2:55
Be warned that VRChat in general has profanity in it because it's mostly used by adults, and this video isn't an exception.
Re: Feature: Things We Wish Nintendo Would Do In 2019
How about instead of cloud support for all games, they do the reasonable thing and don't lock backing up your saves behind a subscription service.
They just let you back up your saves for free, like every other major gaming platform.
Re: Sonic Team's Takashi Iizuka Wants To Remake Sonic Adventure
I'm not in the camp that believes Sonic games need to be 2D to be good, but why remake Sonic Adventure instead of just making a new 3D Sonic Adventure game?
I already played Sonic Adventure, I like it well enough, but I don't need to play it again.
Re: Ryan Reynolds Shares Behind-The-Scenes Image Of Detective Pikachu Movie
Fun fact, in addition to playing Deadpool, Ryan Reynolds was also the CGI body model for Juggernaut in Deadpool 2.
Re: Atlus Teases Persona 5 R, More Information To Be Revealed March 2019
Persona 5 coming to the Switch would be great, but more than that I'd like it to be available on PC.
Re: Video: Pokémon The Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution Gets Its First Official Trailer
Not sure what people are expecting, but based on the title and the trailer, it just looks like a remake of the first movie with 3D computer graphic models.
Re: Random: New York Times Crossword Puzzle Forgets That The Wii U Was A Thing
I think Nintendo also wants to forget that the Wii U was a thing.
Re: Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes eShop Listing Reveals Pricing, File Size, Season Pass Content And More
There is a season pass for a mini game game?
Re: Random: Sneaky Smash Bros. Fans Rejoice At The Sight Of Princess Peach's Knickers
Re: The Upcoming Sonic Movie Has Received Its First Poster, And It's Strangely Muscular
Vin Diesel did the motion capture.
Re: Skybound Releasing Episode Three Of The Walking Dead: The Final Season On 15th January 2019
Only being delayed a few months is not at all bad for a game that had all its developers fired, than rehired by a different company.
Re: Fire Emblem Heroes Experiences Decline In Player Spending During The Month Of November
I don't know of it's the real reason but Fire Emblem Heroes has had a pretty aggressive power creep lately and it's pretty stupid.
Re: Joker From Persona 5 Joins The Battle As The First DLC Character In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
When's Futaba?
Re: Rumour: Joker In Smash Bros. Ultimate Triggers Speculation That Persona 5 Is Coming To Switch
I really hope Atlus is going to port Persona 5 to the Switch and PC but based on their history I have my doubts.
For whatever reason they almost never port their games, even the big ones.
Even if Atlus doesn't want to do it, Sega doesn't have the games ported by a different team that does ports. They're just leaving money on the table.
Re: Monster Hunter-Style Online RPG Dauntless Is Coming To Switch With Cross-Platform Play
It's like if Monster Hunter was made by people who aren't Japanese.
But I like the Japanese Developer-ness of Monster Hunter.
Re: Dead Or Alive Xtreme 3: Scarlet's First Trailer Shows Exclusive 'Soft 4D' Joy-Con Feature On Switch
We live in a time where Nintendo allows this on the Switch but Sony is censoring this kind of content on their system.
Re: Feature: What The Smash Pros Have Done To Prepare For Smash Bros. Ultimate
If you guys like these sorts of features, let us know!
I like eSports stuff.
Re: Nintendo Treehouse Staffer Says Smash Ultimate DLC Will Be "A Must-Have" For Fans, "We Love Surprises"
I sure trust the words of people who's literal job is to market Nintendo's products to tell me the honest truth about Nintendo's products.
Re: Here's How To Get Mythra's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Outfit In Xenoblade Chronicles 2
I've never seen a company make an official censored artwork of a character in cross over game an official outfit in the main game to curb the complaints that it's not the way it was in the source material.
Re: Smash Bros. Ultimate's World Of Light Mode Focuses On The "Loot Grind", Rather Than Epic Cutscenes
Gameplay > cinematics
That's a statement without context. Yes, some games like Bayonetta are fun to play even though the story is pretty nonsensical. But it still has good production value.
We look at a game like Dragon Ball FighterZ, the game play elements are mostly just normal matches (with the AI having a lot of HP), but they give each fight a lot of story context, and it has tons of voiced character interactions, which is the main thing you want to see in a cross over type game.
The Project X Zone series for example, has tons of amazing character interactions.
From what we know about Wold of Light the "game play" is mostly just event matches.
To be honest though, I didn't really expect someone who previously made Kirby games to prioritize good writing.
Re: "Please Understand" Nintendo Is Replacing Its Controversial Creators Program With New Guidelines
Anyone know what the difference is between this policy and the policy most AAA video game publishers have about putting their games on youtube?
It's an improvement over the iron fisted policy they had before though.
Re: Koei Tecmo Is Announcing A New Nintendo Switch Game On 6th December
Pokemon Warriors.
Re: It Looks Like Pokémon GO Is Finally About To Get Player vs Player Battles
Re: Japanese Charts: Pokémon Let's Go Still Dominating, Fights Off Three New PS4 Titles
This information is cherry picking a bit since its only the Japanese charts, if we're talking worldwide Let's Go has sold around 3 million compared to Red Dead Redemption 2's 17 million.
Re: Sakurai Reveals Why Kirby Was The Only One Who Survived The Smash Ultimate Apocalypse
There are characters on the Smash roster that can teleport.
Fox, Falco, and Wolf are expert pilots, but are not in their Arwings (or Wolfen) and are trying to intercept an invading force on foot instead.
The Warp Star's abilities are story dependent. It's been shot down by cannon balls before.
He chose the character he made as the destined hero, that's fine enough. Trying to justify it beyond that is just bringing attention to the flaws in your own story.
Re: Soapbox: Don't Listen To The Pokémon: Let’s Go Haters - The Game Has Definitely Found Its Audience
Also, some people like Fallout 76. And that's fine, things you like don't have to be popular.
That doesn't mean there aren't a lot of people who don't like it or that there aren't legitimate reasons for it.
Re: Video: Pokémon's Switch Debut Predictably Results In A Much Prettier Cast
@Trikeboy
In game development, textures are typically made at a higher resolution, than reduced to suite the system requirements.
That's likely what happened here. They look pretty much exactly the same other than the resolution change.
Re: Video: Pokémon's Switch Debut Predictably Results In A Much Prettier Cast
They're the exact same models, they just had to reduce the resolution before for the 3DS.
Re: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's World Of Light Mode Will Not Include Co-Op
I don't need co-op for my single player experience thanks.
Re: Video: Family Guy Pays Respect To GoldenEye 007 On N64 With Suprisingly Accurate Skit
Sad thing is I know they're going to go back to treating Meg like crap next episode.
Re: Unlocking All Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighters Should Only Take A Couple Of Hours
I'm fine with this.
The single player content should be the story mode, not unlocking characters.
Also, stuff like asking people to play for 20 hours to unlock something is just stupid.
Re: People Are Review-Bombing Pokémon: Let's Go Across Major Sites, Amazon Japan Blocks User Scores